IllinoisSB0324104th General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET

CHILDREN-TECH

Sponsored By: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic)

Became Law

assignmentsexecutiveadoption & child welfare

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Bill Overview

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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Who pays for your child's treatment

Beginning August 8, 2023, when the court returns your child and orders public services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services pays for those services. If the court keeps DCFS custody, DCFS pays, Family Support Program services are declined, and the child is no longer eligible for that program. This ties funding and eligibility to the court’s custody decision.

Keep services and fast 14-day hearing

Beginning August 8, 2023, your child keeps their Family Support Program eligibility review. This applies when a petition says the child was left at a psychiatric hospital beyond medical need and an application with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services was pending or under review when the case was filed. If the child is eligible and services are available, the court holds a hearing within 14 days after all parties are told. The judge decides whether to return the child to you with services or keep DCFS custody. For temporary DCFS custody, the court checks urgent need; for DCFS guardianship, it checks if you can safely resume custody and if return is best for the child.

Limits on who can use services

Beginning August 8, 2023, some cases are excluded from these Family Support rules. The law does not apply when a petition alleges other abuse or neglect and the adjudicatory hearing is not done. It also does not apply once a child is adjudicated abused, or adjudicated neglected unless the main reason was being left at a psychiatric hospital beyond medical need. It also excludes a child in DCFS temporary custody who, within five years, has an indicated abuse or neglect finding (not psychiatric lockout) naming the respondent as the perpetrator.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Sara Feigenholtz
Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

Karina Villa
Democratic • Senate
Li Arellano, Jr.
Republican • Senate
Lindsey LaPointe
Democratic • House
Mary Edly-Allen
Democratic • Senate
Suzanne M. Ness
Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 268 • No: 39

House vote • 5/22/2025

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed

Yes: 113 • No: 0

House vote • 5/21/2025

Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee;

Yes: 11 • No: 0

House vote • 5/20/2025

Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed

Yes: 72 • No: 39

Senate vote • 5/14/2025

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Child Welfare;

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/14/2025

Third Reading - Passed;

Yes: 54 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/19/2025

Do Pass Executive;