Gupta v. State

Dr. Gupta, a physician, filed this action on June 22, 1988, as a lapsed-appropriation claim in which he names the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) as responding agency. He is seeking payment for medical services which he had rendered during the period December 1 through 8,1986, to a child who was then a foster-care ward of DCFS. Respondent has moved to dismiss the claim pursuant to Section 790.90 of the Court of Claims Rules (74 111. Adm. Code 790.90), subsections (1) and (5) of section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (111. Rev. Stat., ch. 110, par. 2 —…