republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-106.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-ANNUAL RPTS-YOUTH IN CARE"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly concerning youth in care who are awaiting placement or psychiatric hospitalization (rather than placement), provides that the reports are to be submitted no later than December 31 of each year (rather than on December 31 of each year through December 31, 2023). Requires the reports to be posted on the Department's website and to include specified information, including: (i) the number of youth in care placed in out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether each youth was referred to any in-state programs for placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state programs; (ii) the number of youth not in the temporary custody or guardianship of the Department who are the subjects of open child protection cases, intact family cases, or any other types of child welfare case, including, but not limited to, those youth for whom the Department is required to make medical assistance payments because they were hospitalized in inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond medical necessity during the Department's involvement with the case; and (iii) the number of youth in care who remain in emergency rooms for longer than 24 hours waiting for admission to a psychiatric hospital bed. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "Illinois SB 106 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delia C. Ramirez", "Sara Feigenholtz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1620a598-ca85-46b1-90fd-3ba6557a2387"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=106&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=128441&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "2d8d93a5456f46f94315618d1b9195998a58045abc38959942a87e4e26c71e18"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 106 (102nd) — DCFS-ANNUAL RPTS-YOUTH IN CARE

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly concerning youth in care who are awaiting placement or psychiatric hospitalization (rather than placement), provides that the reports are to be submitted no later than December 31 of each year (rather than on December 31 of each year through December 31, 2023). Requires the reports to be posted on the Department's website and to include specified information, including: (i) the number of youth in care placed in out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether each youth was referred to any in-state programs for placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state programs; (ii) the number of youth not in the temporary custody or guardianship of the Department who are the subjects of open child protection cases, intact family cases, or any other types of child welfare case, including, but not limited to, those youth for whom the Department is required to make medical assistance payments because they were hospitalized in inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond medical necessity during the Department's involvement with the case; and (iii) the number of youth in care who remain in emergency rooms for longer than 24 hours waiting for admission to a psychiatric hospital bed. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0106.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0106eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0106enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Delia C. Ramirez — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2021-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Assigned to Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** To Subcommittee on Children & Family
- **2021-03-02** Postponed - Health
- **2021-03-08** Reported Back To Health; 004-000-000
- **2021-03-09** Do Pass Health; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2021
- **2021-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2021-04-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2021-04-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2021-04-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
- **2021-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2021-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2021-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2021
- **2021-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0076 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1620a598-ca85-46b1-90fd-3ba6557a2387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).