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Public Act 92-0318
SB838 Enrolled LRB9202586LDpr
AN ACT in relation to child care.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
changing Section 2.17 as follows:
(225 ILCS 10/2.17) (from Ch. 23, par. 2212.17)
Sec. 2.17. "Foster family home" means a facility for
child care in residences of families who receive no more than
8 children unrelated to them, unless all the children are of
common parentage, or residences of relatives who receive no
more than 8 related children placed by the Department, unless
the children are of common parentage, for the purpose of
providing family care and training for the children on a
full-time basis, except the Director of Children and Family
Services, pursuant to Department regulations, may waive the
limit of 8 children unrelated to an adoptive family for good
cause and only to facilitate an adoptive placement. The
family's or relative's own children, under 18 years of age,
shall be included in determining the maximum number of
children served. For purposes of this Section, a "relative"
includes any person, 21 years of age or over, other than the
parent, who (i) is currently related to the child in any of
the following ways by blood or adoption: grandparent,
sibling, great-grandparent, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first
cousin, great-uncle, or great-aunt; or (ii) is the spouse of
such a relative; or (iii) is a child's step-father,
step-mother, or adult step-brother or step-sister; "relative"
also includes a person related in any of the foregoing ways
to a sibling of a child, even though the person is not
related to the child, when the child and its sibling are
placed together with that person. The term "foster family
home" includes homes receiving children from any
State-operated institution for child care; or from any agency
established by a municipality or other political subdivision
of the State of Illinois authorized to provide care for
children outside their own homes. The term "foster family
home" does not include an "adoption-only home" as defined in
Section 2.23 of this Act. The types of foster family homes
are defined as follows:
(a) "Boarding home" means a foster family home which
receives payment for regular full-time care of a child or
children.
(b) "Free home" means a foster family home other than an
adoptive home which does not receive payments for the care of
a child or children.
(c) "Adoptive home" means a foster family home which
receives a child or children for the purpose of adopting the
child or children.
(d) "Work-wage home" means a foster family home which
receives a child or children who pay part or all of their
board by rendering some services to the family not prohibited
by the Child Labor Law or by standards or regulations of the
Department prescribed under this Act. The child or children
may receive a wage in connection with the services rendered
the foster family.
(e) "Agency-supervised home" means a foster family home
under the direct and regular supervision of a licensed child
welfare agency, of the Department of Children and Family
Services, of a circuit court, or of any other State agency
which has authority to place children in child care
facilities, and which receives no more than 8 children,
unless of common parentage, who are placed and are regularly
supervised by one of the specified agencies.
(f) "Independent home" means a foster family home, other
than an adoptive home, which receives no more than 4
children, unless of common parentage, directly from parents,
or other legally responsible persons, by independent
arrangement and which is not subject to direct and regular
supervision of a specified agency except as such supervision
pertains to licensing by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)
(225 ILCS 10/2.23 new)
Sec. 2.23. "Adoption-only home" means a family home that
receives only children whose parents' parental rights have
been terminated or surrendered for the purpose of adoption
only.
Passed in the General Assembly May 17, 2001.
Approved August 09, 2001.
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