Flinn Report. Illinois Regulation

              Illinois Regulation is a summary of the weekly regulatory decisions of State agencies published in the Illinois Register and action
taken by the Illinois General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Illinois Regulation is designed to inform and
involve the public in changes taking place in agency administration.
VOL. 36 Issue 11
Regulation Illinois
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New Regulations
Proposed
Regulations
NEW REGULATIONS: Rules adopted by agencies this week.
PROPOSED REGULATIONS: Rules proposed by agencies this week, commencing a 45-day First Notice period. Public comments must be accepted
by the agency for the period of time indicated.
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March 16, 2012
Elaine Spencer, Editor Joint Committee on Administrative Rules 700 Stratton Office Bldg., Springfield IL 62706
Illinois General Assembly 217/785-2254 ilga.gov/commission/jcar
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CIVIL UNIONS
The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES adopted amend-ments
to the following 10 Parts: "Re-ports
of Child Abuse and Neglect" (89
Ill Adm Code 300; 35 Ill Reg 8005),
"Placement and Visitation Services"
(89 Ill Adm Code 301; 35 Ill Reg 8018),
"Services Delivered by the Depart-ment
of Children and Family Services"
(89 Ill Adm Code 302; 35 Ill Reg 8027),
"Access to and Eligibility for Child
Welfare Services" (89 Ill Adm Code
304; 35 Ill Reg 8037), "Adoption Ser-vices
for Children for Whom the De-partment
of Children and Family Ser-vices
is Legally Responsible" (89 Ill
Adm Code 309; 35 Ill Reg 8047),
"Permanency Planning" (89 Ill Adm
Code 315; 35 Ill Reg 8051), "Adminis-trative
Case Reviews and Court Hear-ings"
(89 Ill Adm Code 316; 35 Ill Reg
8060), "Licensing Standards for Fos-ter
Family Homes" (89 Ill Adm Code
402; 35 Ill Reg 8064), "Licensing Stan-dards
for Day Care Homes" (89 Ill Adm
Code 406; 35 Ill Reg 8082), and "Li-censing
Standards for Group Day Care
Homes" (89 Ill Adm Code 408; 35 Ill
Reg 8093) all effective 3/5/12. The
rulemakings implement Public Act 96-
1513, which gives persons entering a
civil union the same obligations, re-sponsibilities,
protections, and ben-efits
as those given to spouses in a
marriage. The rulemakings amend the
definition of "family" to include indi-viduals
related by civil union and
amend the definition of "relative" to
include the partner (or adult child of a
partner) who is in a civil union with the
child's mother or father. In addition,
the various Parts' definitions are
brought into conformity by adding
"marriage" to definitions that explain
family composition and relatedness.
Also, a Part 402 amendment specifies
that cancellation of a foster child's
arranged visit with his or her family
cannot be used as a form of disci-pline.
A further change clarifies that
the DCFS director may waive non-safety-
related licensing standards that
may impede or prevent a child's
relative's foster home licensure. Those
affected by these rulemakings include
entities that contract with DCFS to
provide services for children who are
wards of the State.
Questions/requests for copies of the 10
DCFS rulemakings above: Jeff Osowski,
DCFS, 406 E. Monroe, Station 65,
Springfield IL 62701-1498, 217/524-
1983, TDD: 217/524-3715, e-mail:
cfpolicy@idcfs.state.il.us.
WATER SUPPLIES
The POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
proposed amendments to "Maximum
Setback Zones" (35 Ill Adm Code 618;
36 Ill Reg 4015) concerning land use
near wells that serve as public water
supply sources. The rulemaking es-tablishes
a maximum setback zone for
six wells operated by Fayette Water
Company (FWC) in Fayette County in
accordance with Section 14.3 of the
Environmental Protection Act. Poten-tial
primary sources of groundwater
contamination are prohibited from
locating wholly or partially within this
maximum setback zone. The
rulemaking also provides that the same
prohibition will apply to other maxi-mum
setback zones that may be cre-ated
under this Part in order to protect
particularly vulnerable groundwater
supplies. (Currently, this Part estab-lishes
a maximum setback zone only
for the Village of Marquette Heights in
Tazewell County.) A map showing the
boundaries of the FWC existing mini-mum
and proposed maximum set-back
zones is included in a new ap-pendix.
This rulemaking affects land
owners and users within the maximum
setback zone.
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