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House advances DCFS data and case‑processing amendments to streamline charging and address large case lists
Summary
The House considered and moved forward with Senate Bill 158, which allows the Division of Child and Family Services to combine related charges into a single action and to pause searching for people who cannot be located, prioritizing them again if they later surface; the bill responds to a DCFS database backlog that contains more than 35,000 names.
The House floor heard an explanation and debated Senate Bill 158 on March 5, a measure amending DCFS management information system procedures and case processing.
Representative Lockhart said the bill would allow DCFS to pursue related charges in a single court action to avoid duplicative costs, and would give the department…
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