IL HB3676

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to replace "reasonable efforts" with "active efforts" in cases involving family reunification by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)

Defines "active efforts" as affirmative, thorough, and timely actions to maintain or reunite a child with family, representing a higher standard than "reasonable efforts" while still including federal Title IV-E requirements

Requires courts to specify in writing which party failed to make active efforts and the applicable time period when DCFS is found to have failed to provide services outlined in the service plan

Amends the Adoption Act to protect parents from unfitness findings based solely on DCFS's failure to make active efforts during any 9-month period when a court has found such failure occurred

Applies only to findings of failure to make active efforts made on or after the effective date of the Act, meaning it would not retroactively affect prior determinations