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Full Text of HB4328  99th General Assembly

HB4328 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4328

 

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Wheeler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/6a  from Ch. 23, par. 5006a

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that any parent or guardian who tests positive for the presence of a drug or drugs in his or her system during a drug screen test administered as part of a case plan shall have the opportunity to make a written request to the Department of Children and Family Services for a confirmation drug test to be performed on the parent or guardian. Requires the Department to provide written instructions on how to request and receive a confirmation drug test to all parents or guardians who test positive during a drug screen test administered as part of a case plan. Grants the Department rulemaking authority.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by changing Section 6a as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/6a)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5006a)
7    Sec. 6a. Case Plan.
8    (a) With respect to each Department client for whom the
9Department is providing placement service, the Department
10shall develop a case plan designed to stabilize the family
11situation and prevent placement of a child outside the home of
12the family when the child can be cared for at home without
13endangering the child's health or safety, reunify the family if
14temporary placement is necessary when safe and appropriate, or
15move the child toward the most permanent living arrangement and
16permanent legal status. Such case plan shall provide for the
17utilization of family preservation services as defined in
18Section 8.2 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
19Such case plan shall be reviewed and updated every 6 months.
20Where appropriate, the case plan shall include recommendations
21concerning alcohol or drug abuse evaluation.
22    (a-5) Any parent or guardian who tests positive for the
23presence of a drug or drugs in his or her system during a drug

 

 

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1screen test administered as part of a case plan provided under
2subsection (a) shall have the opportunity to make a written
3request to the Department for a confirmation drug test to be
4performed on the parent or guardian. The Department shall
5provide written instructions on how to request and receive a
6confirmation drug test to all parents or guardians who test
7positive during a drug screen test administered as part of a
8case plan. The Department may adopt any rules necessary to
9implement the provisions of this subsection, including a rule
10that permits parents or guardians to submit a written request
11for a confirmation drug test not less than 30 days after the
12parent or guardian receives notification that he or she has
13tested positive during a drug screen test.
14    (b) The Department may enter into written agreements with
15child welfare agencies to establish and implement case plan
16demonstration projects. The demonstration projects shall
17require that service providers develop, implement, review and
18update client case plans. The Department shall examine the
19effectiveness of the demonstration projects in promoting the
20family reunification or the permanent placement of each client
21and shall report its findings to the General Assembly no later
22than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year in which any such
23demonstration project is implemented.
24(Source: P.A. 89-704, eff. 8-16-97 (changed from 1-1-98 by P.A.
2590-443); 90-28, eff. 1-1-98; 90-443, eff. 8-16-97.)