Full Text of HB4462 103rd General Assembly
HB4462 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4462 Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 705 ILCS 405/3-5 | from Ch. 37, par. 803-5 |
| Amends the Minors Requiring Authoritative Intervention Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that no minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for more than 48 hours (rather than 21 business days.) |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3-5 as follows: | 6 | | (705 ILCS 405/3-5) (from Ch. 37, par. 803-5) | 7 | | Sec. 3-5. Interim crisis intervention services. | 8 | | (a) Any minor who is taken into limited custody, or who | 9 | | independently requests or is referred for assistance, may be | 10 | | provided crisis intervention services by an agency or | 11 | | association, as defined in this Act, provided the association | 12 | | or agency staff (i) immediately investigate the circumstances | 13 | | of the minor and the facts surrounding the minor being taken | 14 | | into custody and promptly explain these facts and | 15 | | circumstances to the minor, and (ii) make a reasonable effort | 16 | | to inform the minor's parent, guardian , or custodian of the | 17 | | fact that the minor has been taken into limited custody and | 18 | | where the minor is being kept, and (iii) if the minor consents, | 19 | | make a reasonable effort to transport, arrange for the | 20 | | transportation of, or otherwise release the minor to the | 21 | | parent, guardian , or custodian. Upon release of the child who | 22 | | is believed to need or benefit from medical, psychological, | 23 | | psychiatric , or social services, the association or agency may |
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| 1 | | inform the minor and the person to whom the minor is released | 2 | | of the nature and location of appropriate services and shall, | 3 | | if requested, assist in establishing contact between the | 4 | | family and other associations or agencies providing such | 5 | | services. If the agency or association is unable by all | 6 | | reasonable efforts to contact a parent, guardian , or | 7 | | custodian, or if the person contacted lives an unreasonable | 8 | | distance away, or if the minor refuses to be taken to the | 9 | | minor's home or other appropriate residence, or if the agency | 10 | | or association is otherwise unable despite all reasonable | 11 | | efforts to make arrangements for the safe return of the minor, | 12 | | the minor may be taken to a temporary living arrangement which | 13 | | is in compliance with the Child Care Act of 1969 or which is | 14 | | with persons agreed to by the parents and the agency or | 15 | | association. | 16 | | (b) An agency or association is authorized to permit a | 17 | | minor to be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement | 18 | | provided the agency seeks to effect the minor's return home or | 19 | | alternative living arrangements agreeable to the minor and the | 20 | | parent, guardian, or custodian as soon as practicable. No | 21 | | minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for | 22 | | more than 48 hours 21 business days . Throughout such limited | 23 | | custody, the agency or association shall work with the parent, | 24 | | guardian, or custodian and the minor's local school district, | 25 | | the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare | 26 | | and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and |
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| 1 | | the Department of Children and Family Services to identify | 2 | | immediate and long-term treatment or placement. If at any time | 3 | | during the crisis intervention there is a concern that the | 4 | | minor has experienced abuse or neglect, the Comprehensive | 5 | | Community Based-Youth Services provider shall contact the | 6 | | Department of Children and Family Services as provided in the | 7 | | Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. the minor | 8 | | (c) Any agency or association or employee thereof acting | 9 | | reasonably and in good faith in the care of a minor being | 10 | | provided interim crisis intervention services and shelter care | 11 | | shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability resulting | 12 | | from such care. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 103-22, eff. 8-8-23; 103-546, eff. 8-11-23; | 14 | | revised 8-30-23.) |
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