Illinois Administrative Code

Section 220.650 Objection to Case Coordination Unit Designation Decision a) Upon receipt of the written notification of designation decision, the applicant may object to the decision. The Department shall provide information on the objection process with the written notification.…

Section 220.655 Replacement of a Case Coordination Unit a) A contract between the Department and a CCU or a contract/grant between the AAA and the CCU may be terminated prior to the regular procurement cycle due to: 1) the CCU exercising its termination rights as specified in the…

Section 220.660 Performance Reviews of Case Coordination Units a) Determination of the extent of CCU adherence to the agency's proposal/contract/grant and any applicable amendments shall be made by the Department and the AAA through separate review processes. b) The reviews condu…

Section 220.665 Case Coordination Unit Compliance (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 22 Ill. Reg. 3426, effective February 1, 1998)

Section 220.670 Sanctions for Case Coordination Unit Failure to Comply with Case Management Contract/Grant Department or AAA sanctions which may be imposed upon any CCU failing to comply with applicable Federal, State and local laws or regulations, AAA standards and requirements …

Section 220.675 Sanction Notification and Case Coordination Unit Right to Appeal a) The Department shall provide prior notification to the applicable AAA, or the AAA shall provide prior notification to the Department, of any sanctions being taken against a CCU. b) The CCU shall b…

Section 220.APPENDIX A Names and Addresses of Area Agencies on Aging by Planning and Service Area (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 22 Ill. Reg. 3426, effective February 1, 1998)

Section 271.100 Purpose The purpose of this Part is to implement Public Act 96-1103 by providing for the training of the employees and officers of financial institutions who have direct customer contact in the proper recognition and reporting of suspected financial exploitation o…

Section 271.101 Joint Rule Provisions The cross-reference to the joint rule provisions for the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is found in 38 Ill. Adm. Code 220.

Section 271.110 Definitions "Bi-annual report" means the report compiled by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and submitted to the Department on Aging, which will include aggregate figures on the numbers of employees and officers of financial institutions wh…

Section 271.120 Financial Exploitation Training a) A training program shall minimally include information on the following subjects: 1) recognizing the indicators of financial exploitation; 2) how to report financial exploitation of older adults. b) The training may be by in-pers…

Section 271.130 Reports a) An officer of each financial institution shall be designated to create and maintain a record of each employee and officer of the financial institution who has satisfactorily completed training. b) The list of the employees and officers in each financial…

Section 300.10 Purpose The purpose of this Part is to describe how the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) administers and provides child protective services through a State Central Register and local child protective service units. This Part governs how child…

Section 300.100 Initial Investigation a) When a report of child abuse or neglect is received, Department investigative staff will make an initial investigation to validate whether there is reasonable cause to believe that child abuse or neglect exists. b) The initial investigatio…

Section 300.110 The Formal Investigative Process a) Beginning the Formal Investigation The formal investigation begins as soon as investigative staff make a determination following the initial investigation that there is reasonable cause to believe that child abuse or neglect exi…

Section 300.120 Taking Children Into Temporary Protective Custody a) Local law enforcement officers, Department child protection staff, and physicians treating a child may take temporary protective custody of a child without the consent of the persons responsible for the child's …

Section 300.130 Notices Whether Child Abuse or Neglect Occurred a) Written Notices of Decision The Department provides a written notice to mandated reporters who reported suspected child abuse or neglect as well as to the child's parent, personal guardian, or legal custodian; the…

Section 300.140 Transmittal of Information to the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation and to School Superintendents a) The Department will transmit to the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation information regarding perpetrators of indicated reports of child ab…

Section 300.150 Referral for Services a) When an investigative worker determines that a report is indicated, the parents or caregivers may be given the opportunity to cooperate with the Department through services provided or arranged for by the Department. When the parents or ca…

Section 300.160 Special Types of Reports Six types of child abuse or neglect reports shall receive special attention as specified in subsections (a) through (f): a) Incident Involving the Death of a Child 1) The Department shall immediately contact the appropriate medical examine…

Section 300.170 Child Death Review Teams a) The Director of the Department shall appoint a child death review team in each subregion of the Department outside Cook County and at least one child death review team in Cook County. b) Every child death shall be reviewed by the team i…

Section 300.180 Abandoned Newborn Infants a) Parental Relinquishment of a Newborn Infant 1) In accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infants Protection Act [325 ILCS 2], a parent of a newborn infant may relinquish the infant to a hospital, police station, fire station or emergenc…

Section 300.20 Definitions "Abandonment" means parental conduct that demonstrates the purpose of relinquishing all parental rights and claims to the child. Abandonment is also defined as any parental conduct that evinces a settled purpose to forego all parental duties and relinqu…

Section 300.30 Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect to the Department a) Reports of suspected child abuse or neglect may be immediately made to the State Central Register via its toll-free number [1-800-25A-BUSE] at any time, day or night, or on any day of the week. Reports may also …

Section 300.40 Content of Child Abuse or Neglect Reports The State Central Register or the local report-taker shall attempt to secure the following information from the reporter: a) family composition, including the name, age, sex, race, ethnicity, and address of the children nam…

Section 300.45 Five Year Demonstration of the Differential Response Program a) Differential Response recognizes that there are variations in the severity of reported maltreatment and allows for an investigation or family assessment response to reports of child neglect. Both respo…

Section 300.50 Transmittal of Child Abuse or Neglect Reports a) The State Central Register, upon receipt of a report of suspected child abuse or neglect, shall immediately transmit to the appropriate investigative staff; 1) the contents of the report; 2) information on any previo…

Section 300.60 Special Types of Reports (Recodified) (Source: Recodified to Section 300.160 at 11 Ill. Reg. 13405)

Section 300.70 Referrals to the Local Law Enforcement Agency and State's Attorney The Department will immediately refer reports, including but not limited to the following types, to the local law enforcement agency and the appropriate State's Attorney for consideration of crimina…

Section 300.80 Delegation of the Investigation The Department may delegate the investigation of the child abuse or neglect report to: a) the local police, sheriff's office, other law enforcement agency, or the State's Attorney, when they are concurrently conducting a criminal inv…

Section 300.90 Time Frames for the Investigation The following activities must be completed within the time frames indicated, except as exempted in Section 300.110(d). The time the report was received at the State Central Register begins the investigative process. a) In-person co…

Section 300.APPENDIX B Child Abuse and Neglect Allegations This Appendix describes the specific incidents of harm which must be alleged to have been caused by the acts or omissions of the persons identified in Section 3 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act before the D…

Section 301.1 Purpose (Renumbered) (Source: Section 301.1 renumbered to Section 301.310 at 19 Ill. Reg. 9438, effective July 1, 1995)

Section 301.10 Purpose The purpose of this Subpart is to describe the substitute care services provided by the Department or its contractual agencies when it is in the best interests of children to be placed apart from their parents or guardians. Included in this Subpart is an ex…

Section 301.100 Residential Care Residential care is provided in licensed group homes and residential care facilities (child care institutions). Group home care is provided for youth unable to adjust to family living who need a less structured living situation than is provided in…

Section 301.110 Care in a Medical/Psychiatric Facility Care in a medical or psychiatric facility is provided for: a) children who require long term care on an ongoing basis in an intermediate or skilled nursing care facility because of a severe physical or mental disability. b) c…

Section 301.120 Sharing Appropriate Information with the Caregiver a) At the time the Department places a child in substitute care (e.g., foster home, relative caregiver, adoptive home, group home or child care institution) or prior to the placement of the child, whenever possibl…

Section 301.130 Medical Examinations for Children in Placement The Department shall ensure that: a) all children entering substitute care receive an initial health screening within 24 hours of the Department assuming legal custody of a child, preferably, before placement, regardl…

Section 301.140 Education of Children While in Placement When children are placed in substitute care, the Department shall ensure that they are enrolled in school in accordance with the provisions of 89 Adm. Code 314, Educational Services and that they receive the educational ser…

Section 301.2 Definition (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 19 Ill. Reg. 9438, effective July 1, 1995)

Section 301.20 Definitions "Administrative case review" means case reviews required by 42 U.S.C. 675(1) and 20 ILCS 505/6a. "Child only standard of need" means the assistance standard for cases in which no adult member is included, as defined by the Illinois Department of Human S…

Section 301.200 Purpose The purpose of this Subpart is to describe the Department's policy regarding visitation among children who are placed in substitute care and their parents, siblings and grandparents. (Source: Added at 20 Ill. Reg. 9518, effective July 5, 1996)

Section 301.210 Family-Child Visitation a) The Department recognizes that there is a strong correlation between regular parental visits and contacts with a child and the child's discharge from placement services. Therefore, when a child is in placement and the permanency goal is …

Section 301.220 Sibling Visitation a) The Department or purchase of service agency shall schedule and provide visits among all siblings in substitute care who are placed apart at least twice per month, beginning as soon as possible, but not later than two weeks, after the Departm…

Section 301.230 Contact Among Siblings Placed Apart a) Unless the Department determines that it is not in the child's best interests to be provided information on a sibling's whereabouts or to have his or her whereabouts provided to his or her siblings, or a court has prohibited …

Section 301.240 Grandparent and Great-Grandparent Visitation Not later than February 11, 2016, and every 5 years thereafter, the Department shall revise the rules on granting visitation privileges to a non-custodial grandparent of a child who is in the care and custody of the Dep…

Section 301.250 Sibling Visitation and Contact with Adopted Siblings and Siblings in Private Guardianship a) When one or more members of a sibling group is/are placed apart by the Department for adoption or subsidized guardianship, the Department shall encourage the adoptive pare…

Section 301.255 Sibling Visitation with and Among Adult Siblings When one or more (but fewer than all) members of a sibling group are adults or emancipated youth, the Department shall offer to develop a Visitation and Contact Plan or Post-Permanency Sibling Contact Agreement to e…

Section 301.3 Foster Care Placement Goal (Renumbered) (Source: Section 301.3 renumbered to Section 301.320 at 19 Ill. Reg. 9438, effective July 1, 1995)

Section 301.30 Introduction Placement or substitute care services means the care of children for whom the Department is legally responsible who require a living arrangement away from their families due to abuse, neglect, dependency, voluntary surrender of parental rights or conse…