225 ILCS 10/8.1b: Supportive care for youth placed; licensure and contractual compliance.

(a) Any child care institution, group home, residential treatment center, foster home, or child placing agency licensed under this Act that serves a child in the care of the Department of Children and Family Services shall comply with Sections 5g, 6a, 7, 7.29, and 7.30 of the Children and Family Services Act. As a condition of licensure under this Act and of eligibility to contract with or receive placement referrals from the Department, an entity licensed under this Act that provides care to a child in the care of the Department shall comply with Sections 5g, 6a, 7, 7.29, and 7.30 of the Children and Family Services Act and agree, by contract or written agreement, to comply with those Sections.

(b) Enforcement. Failure to comply with this Section 8.1b may constitute grounds for the Department to deny or terminate placement or take licensing action, corrective action, or other remedial action authorized by law. Nothing in this subsection relieves the Department of its obligations to comply with the requirements of subsection (o) of Section 5 of the Children and Family Services Act or rules and procedures developed in accordance with that subsection (o).

(c) If any provision of this Section or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that provision or application does not affect other provisions or applications of this Section that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

(d) The provisions of this Section apply on and after January 1, 2028.