IL HB0558

Department of Children and Family Services must file a petition to terminate parental rights when a child is found to be an abused minor, the parent was convicted of aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing under specified law, and the child resided at or was endangered by the meth manufacturing location.

Conviction of aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing is added as an aggravating circumstance under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 that may warrant expedited termination of parental rights.

Aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing where a child was present or endangered is added as grounds for presumption of depravity under the Adoption Act, creating a basis for finding parental unfitness.

"Abused child" definition in the Adoption Act is expanded to include children whose parent commits aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing where the child resided or was present at the manufacturing location or was endangered by it.

Any rulemaking to implement these amendments must comply with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and Joint Committee on Administrative Rules procedures.