Chapter 20 — EXECUTIVE BRANCH

(20 ILCS 525/5-45) Sec. 5-45. Rules of Procedure. The Advisory Council shall within 6 months of its first meeting adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the business of the Council. (Source: P.A. 89-19, eff. 6-3-95.)

(20 ILCS 525/5-5) Sec. 5-5. The Department of Children and Family Services ("the Department") shall convene and maintain a Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council to advise the Department with respect to all matters involving or affecting the provision of foster care to abused, ne…

(20 ILCS 525/99-99) Sec. 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 89-19, eff. 6-3-95.)

(20 ILCS 527/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act. (Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15.)

(20 ILCS 527/10) Sec. 10. Membership. (a) The Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall consist of executive regional board members elected to represent the regional youth advisory boards. (b) The Statewide Youth Advisory Board and each regional youth advisory board shall be composed …

(20 ILCS 527/15) Sec. 15. Meetings. (a) Regular meetings of the regional youth advisory boards shall be held monthly. (b) Regular meetings of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall be held at least 5 times per year. (c) The Director of the Department or the Director's designee …

(20 ILCS 527/20) Sec. 20. Operations. The Department or its designee shall manage each board, facilitate meetings, and develop further necessary procedures, including, but not limited to, bylaws for the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. The De…

(20 ILCS 527/25) Sec. 25. Reporting. The Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall report annually to the General Assembly on issues concerning adoption and guardianship and youth in foster care, and make recommendations regarding legislation, policies, guidelines, procedures, and tra…

(20 ILCS 527/30) Sec. 30. Public access to information. (a) Meetings of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and each regional youth advisory board shall be closed to the public. Meetings of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and each regional youth advisory board shall not be subj…

(20 ILCS 527/35) Sec. 35. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 527/40) Sec. 40. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 527/5) Sec. 5. Statewide Youth Advisory Board; regional youth advisory boards. The Department of Children and Family Services shall convene and maintain a Statewide Youth Advisory Board and regional youth advisory boards. Each regional youth advisory board shall work wit…

(20 ILCS 530/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1192, eff. 7-22-10.)

(20 ILCS 530/10) Sec. 10. Operation of the grant program. (a) The Department, in consultation with the Board, shall establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant Program and, pursuant to the Department's resource allocation management plan determined in consultation …

(20 ILCS 530/15) Sec. 15. Eligibility for grant. To be eligible for a grant under this Act, a recipient must be a residential services provider with which the Department contracts for residential services. (Source: P.A. 96-1192, eff. 7-22-10.)

(20 ILCS 530/20) Sec. 20. Use of grant moneys. A recipient of a grant under this Act may use the grant moneys to do any one or more of the following: (1) Acquire a new physical location for the purpose of delivering licensed residential services. (2) Construct or renovate new or …

(20 ILCS 530/25) Sec. 25. Reporting. Within 60 days after the first year of a grant under this Act, the grant recipient must submit a progress report to the Department. The Department may assist each grant recipient in meeting the goals and objectives stated in the original grant…

(20 ILCS 530/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Board" means the Illinois Capital Development Board. "Department" means the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. "Residential services" means child care institution care, group home care, independent livin…

(20 ILCS 530/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-1192, eff. 7-22-10.)

(20 ILCS 535/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Administration of Psychotropic Medications to Children Act. (Source: P.A. 97-245, eff. 8-4-11.)

(20 ILCS 535/10) Sec. 10. Failure to comply with Department rules. The Department must establish and maintain rules designed to ensure compliance with any rules promulgated pursuant to Section 5 of this Act. Such rules shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Sta…

(20 ILCS 535/15) Sec. 15. Annual report. (a) No later than December 31 of each year, the Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly concerning the administration of psychotropic medication to persons for whom i…

(20 ILCS 535/2) Sec. 2. Legislative Findings. The General Assembly recognizes that: (a) Mental illnesses among children and adolescents can be severely debilitating and, if untreated, can have a negative effect on their education, their families and communities, and their future …

(20 ILCS 535/5) Sec. 5. Administration of psychotropic medications. On or before October 1, 2011, the Department of Children and Family Services shall promulgate final rules, amending its current rules establishing and maintaining standards and procedures to govern the administra…

(20 ILCS 535/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 97-245, eff. 8-4-11.)

(20 ILCS 540/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Custody Relinquishment Prevention Act. (Source: P.A. 98-808, eff. 1-1-15.)

(20 ILCS 540/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Family income" means the sum of a family's annual earnings and cash benefits from all sources before taxes, less payments made for child support. "Serious mental illness" means a diagnosis set forth in the most current …

(20 ILCS 540/15) Sec. 15. Interagency agreement. (a) In order to intercept and divert children and youth at risk of custody relinquishment to the Department of Children and Family Services, within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Department of Children of Family…

(20 ILCS 540/20) Sec. 20. Outcomes and data reported annually to the General Assembly. (a) The Department of Children and Family Services shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly which includes the following with respect to the time period covered by the report: (1) …

(20 ILCS 540/25) Sec. 25. Specialized Family Support Program. For purposes of addressing the problem of children remaining in psychiatric hospitals beyond medical necessity, a child under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness or serious emotional di…

(20 ILCS 540/30) Sec. 30. Transition bed capacity. (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall use unspent or lapsed Individual Care Grant funds and Family Support and Specialized Family Support Program funds to address the shortage of Specialized Family Support Pr…

(20 ILCS 540/40) Sec. 40. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-978, eff. 8-19-18. Repealed internally, eff. 7-15-20.)

(20 ILCS 540/5) Sec. 5. Purpose. This Act establishes a pathway for families on the verge of seeking services for their child's serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance through relinquishment of parental custody to the Department of Children and Family Services, de…

(20 ILCS 545/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Youth in Care Timely Provision of Essential Care Act. (Source: P.A. 103-273, eff. 1-1-24.)

(20 ILCS 545/10) Sec. 10. Improving access to residential treatment, evidence-based alternatives to residential treatment, and specialized foster care. The Department of Children and Family Services shall develop a written, strategic plan that comprehensively addresses improving …

(20 ILCS 545/15) Sec. 15. Implementation. The strategic plan developed by the Department of Children and Family Services shall be finalized and made public no later than one year after the effective date of this Act. The strategic plan shall be revised within 6 months after the r…

(20 ILCS 545/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) From 2013 to 2018 more than 500 in-state residential treatment beds were eliminated for youth in the care of the Department of Children and Family Services with serious and ongoing mental health needs. (2) Dev…

(20 ILCS 605/1105) Sec. 1105. (Renumbered). (Source: P.A. 102-1123, eff. 1-27-23. Renumbered by P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1) Sec. 605-1. Article short title. This Article 605 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois may be cited as the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. (Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-10) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.1 in part) Sec. 605-10. Powers and duties. The Department has the powers and duties enumerated in the Sections following this Section. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-100) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.33) Sec. 605-100. Transfer from Department of Business and Economic Development. To assume the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the former Department of Business and Economic Development. Personnel, books, records, property…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1000) Sec. 605-1000. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-943, eff. 1-1-09. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1005) Sec. 605-1005. Technology transfer incentives. The Department may, subject to appropriation, create financial incentive and grant programs to encourage private companies to share their new energy technologies with public institutions of higher education, pu…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1007) Sec. 605-1007. New business permitting portal. (a) By July 1, 2017, the Department shall, subject to appropriation, create and maintain, in consultation with the Department of Innovation and Technology, a website to help persons wishing to create new busine…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1010) Sec. 605-1010. Agricultural Tourism. To bolster rural economies in Illinois, subject to appropriation, the Department shall develop and implement a statewide strategic plan to increase agricultural tourism. The strategic plan shall explore the promotion of …

(20 ILCS 605/605-1015) Sec. 605-1015. Farmers' markets held in convention centers. To encourage convention center boards and other public or private entities that operate convention centers throughout the State to provide convention center space at a reduced rate or without charg…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1020) Sec. 605-1020. Entrepreneur Learner's Permit pilot program. (a) Subject to appropriation, there is hereby established an Entrepreneur Learner's Permit pilot program that shall be administered by the Department beginning on July 1 of the first fiscal year fo…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1025) Sec. 605-1025. Data center investment. (a) The Department shall issue certificates of exemption from the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act, all locally-imposed retailers' occupation t…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1030) Sec. 605-1030. Human Services Capital Investment Grant Program. (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in coordination with the Department of Human Services, shall establish a Human Services Capital Investment Grant Program. The Department…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1032) Sec. 605-1032. Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment. (a) As used in this Section: "Eligible not-for-profit corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation, as defined in Section 101.80 of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, that primari…