HB 3879

Abstract

Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Powers Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to develop and implement policies and procedures requiring the drug testing of (i) State employed caseworkers and other Department employees who may provide direct services to children and families and (ii) applicants for positions in the Department that may involve providing direct services to children and families. Requires these drug testing policies and procedures to be developed in consultation with representatives of the organizations that represent the Department's employees during collective bargaining and to be complied with by private welfare agencies as a condition to their receipt of State funding for child welfare services.