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SB 2530

Certain mental health trainings and support services; require community colleges and public universities to provide.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by David Parker

The bill would allocate about 2.47 billion to DCFS for FY2025, funding foster care, adoption, family services, and related admin and IT costs.

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · SB 2530

Bill Summary — SB 2530 (104th General Assembly, 2025–2026)

Title (as provided): Certain mental health trainings and support services; require community colleges and public universities to provide.
Bill File: SB2530 (Introduced 2/25/2025 by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.)
Status: Died in Committee (record shows Died In Committee on 2025-03-04)
Subject classifications: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency; Universities and Colleges

Note: The bill title provided concerns mental health trainings at higher education institutions, but the text attached to SB2530 (below) is an appropriations act for the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). This summary describes the bill text as provided (DCFS appropriations). The legislative action history includes a number of hearings and committee actions; the status indicates the measure did not advance out of committee.

Purpose and intent

The provided SB2530 text is an appropriations bill that would fund the Department of Children and Family Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. Its intent is to allocate state, other state, and federal dollars to DCFS operating costs, programs, grants-in-aid, and special initiatives serving children and families.

Key provisions and dollar totals

  • Total appropriation proposed: $2,472,848,100, comprised of:
    • General Funds: $1,610,462,600
    • Other State Funds: $846,568,900
    • Federal Funds: $15,816,600

Selected line items (examples from the text):
- Entire agency (payable from General Revenue Fund) — Total $595,137,500, including:
- Personal services: $423,429,300
- State contributions to Social Security: $32,392,400
- Electronic data processing: $79,378,300
- Equipment: $6,323,900
- DCFS Children’s Services Fund — travel: $7,038,800
- Central administration:
- Attorney General representation on child welfare litigation: $745,000
- Information Technology (payable from DCFS Children’s Services Fund): $88,501,800
- Private funds for child welfare improvements (DCFS Special Purposes Trust Fund): $2,794,500
- Grants-in-aid (Regional Offices) — large program totals:
- Foster homes, specialized foster care and prevention (General Revenue Fund): $422,398,300
- Purchase of adoption and guardianship services (GRF): $160,791,900
- Institution and group home care and prevention (GRF): $261,365,600
- Family preservation services (GRF): $40,375,300
- Youth in Transition program (GRF): $2,708,600
- Protective/family maintenance day care (GRF): $62,236,600
- Federal child welfare projects/grants: ~$15–15.8 million across specified federal funds
- Department scholarship program: $16,014,300
- Miscellaneous items: tort claims, refunds, Title IV-E enhancement, SSI reimbursement, psychological assessments, counseling and auxiliary services, etc.

Who would be affected

  • Children, youth, and families served by DCFS programs (foster care, adoption/guardianship, family preservation, institutional and group care, independent living/youth transition).
  • DCFS workforce (positions funded through Personal Services appropriation) and related state administrative functions (IT, legal).
  • Service providers and contractors: foster care agencies, group homes, adoption agencies, counseling and auxiliary service providers, child advocacy centers.
  • Courts and legal entities involved in child welfare litigation (funding for Attorney General representation).
  • State budget and fund balances (significant General Revenue and other-state fund outlays).

Procedural/timeline notes

  • Introduced and filed in late February 2025.
  • The record shows multiple committee referrals and hearings in March–May 2025, but official status is listed as “Died In Committee” (3/4/2025).
  • The appropriations are for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025; had the bill passed, the allocations would fund DCFS activities for that fiscal year.

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Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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