103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4462

Introduced , 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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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning courts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing 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
9independently requests or is referred for assistance, may be
10provided crisis intervention services by an agency or
11association, as defined in this Act, provided the association
12or agency staff (i) immediately investigate the circumstances
13of the minor and the facts surrounding the minor being taken
14into custody and promptly explain these facts and
15circumstances to the minor, and (ii) make a reasonable effort
16to inform the minor's parent, guardian, or custodian of the
17fact that the minor has been taken into limited custody and
18where the minor is being kept, and (iii) if the minor consents,
19make a reasonable effort to transport, arrange for the
20transportation of, or otherwise release the minor to the
21parent, guardian, or custodian. Upon release of the child who
22is believed to need or benefit from medical, psychological,
23psychiatric, or social services, the association or agency may

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1inform the minor and the person to whom the minor is released
2of the nature and location of appropriate services and shall,
3if requested, assist in establishing contact between the
4family and other associations or agencies providing such
5services. If the agency or association is unable by all
6reasonable efforts to contact a parent, guardian, or
7custodian, or if the person contacted lives an unreasonable
8distance away, or if the minor refuses to be taken to the
9minor's home or other appropriate residence, or if the agency
10or association is otherwise unable despite all reasonable
11efforts to make arrangements for the safe return of the minor,
12the minor may be taken to a temporary living arrangement which
13is in compliance with the Child Care Act of 1969 or which is
14with persons agreed to by the parents and the agency or
15association.
16 (b) An agency or association is authorized to permit a
17minor to be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement
18provided the agency seeks to effect the minor's return home or
19alternative living arrangements agreeable to the minor and the
20parent, guardian, or custodian as soon as practicable. No
21minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for
22more than 48 hours 21 business days. Throughout such limited
23custody, the agency or association shall work with the parent,
24guardian, or custodian and the minor's local school district,
25the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare
26and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and

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