100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0007

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 49/5

    Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a children's mental health plan.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning mental health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is
5amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (405 ILCS 49/5)
7    Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
8    (a) The The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's
9Mental Health Plan containing short-term and long-term
10recommendations to provide comprehensive, coordinated mental
11health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services
12for children from birth through age 18. This Plan shall include
13but not be limited to:
14        (1) Coordinated provider services and interagency
15    referral networks for children from birth through age 18 to
16    maximize resources and minimize duplication of services.
17        (2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional
18    development into school learning standards and educational
19    programs, pursuant to Section 15 of this Act.
20        (3) Protocols for implementing screening and
21    assessment of children prior to any admission to an
22    inpatient hospital for psychiatric services, pursuant to
23    subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid

 

 

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1    Code.
2        (4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for
3    children's mental health prevention, early intervention,
4    and treatment across all State agencies.
5        (5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for
6    integrating federal, State, and local funding sources for
7    children's mental health.
8        (6) Recommendations for building a qualified and
9    adequately trained workforce prepared to provide mental
10    health services for children from birth through age 18 and
11    their families.
12        (7) Recommendations for facilitating research on best
13    practices and model programs, and dissemination of this
14    information to Illinois policymakers, practitioners, and
15    the general public through training, technical assistance,
16    and educational materials.
17        (8) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted
18    public awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental
19    illness and educate families, the general public, and other
20    key audiences about the benefits of children's social and
21    emotional development, and how to access services.
22        (9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven
23    children's mental health system with shared accountability
24    among key State agencies and programs that conducts ongoing
25    needs assessments, uses outcome indicators and benchmarks
26    to measure progress, and implements quality data tracking

 

 

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1    and reporting systems.
2    (b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter
3referred to as "the Partnership") is created. The Partnership
4shall have the responsibility of developing and monitoring the
5implementation of the Children's Mental Health Plan as approved
6by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health Partnership shall
7be comprised of: the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
8designee; the State Superintendent of Education or his or her
9designee; the directors of the departments of Children and
10Family Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Public
11Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their designees; the head of
12the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, or his or her
13designee; the Attorney General or his or her designee; up to 25
14representatives of community mental health authorities and
15statewide mental health, children and family advocacy, early
16childhood, education, health, substance abuse, violence
17prevention, and juvenile justice organizations or
18associations, to be appointed by the Governor; and 2 members of
19each caucus of the House of Representatives and Senate
20appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
21the President of the Senate, respectively. The Governor shall
22appoint the Partnership Chair and shall designate a Governor's
23staff liaison to work with the Partnership.
24    (c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the
25Governor on September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan
26on June 30, 2005. Thereafter, on September 30 of each year, the

 

 

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1Partnership shall submit an annual report to the Governor on
2the progress of Plan implementation and recommendations for
3revisions in the Plan. The Final Plan and annual reports
4submitted in subsequent years shall include estimates of
5savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
6Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal
7financial participation received under subsection (b) of
8Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department of Healthcare and
9Family Services shall provide technical assistance in
10developing these estimates and reports.
11(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)