102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3172
 
Introduced 1/12/2022, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 540/15

     Amends the Custody Relinquishment Prevention Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Public Health to enter into a 10-year extension of the interagency agreement required by Public Act 98-808. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Custody Relinquishment Prevention Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 540/15)

7    Sec. 15. Interagency agreement.  
8    (a)    In order to intercept and divert children and youth at 
9risk of custody relinquishment to the Department of Children 
10and Family Services, within 180 days after the effective date 
11of this Act, the Department of Children of Family Services, 
12the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare 
13and Family Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, 
14the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of 
15Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement for 
16the purpose of preventing children and youth who are not 
17otherwise abused or neglected from entering the custody or 
18guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services 
19solely for purposes of receiving services for a serious mental 
20illness or serious emotional disturbance.
21    The intergovernmental agreement shall require the agencies 
22listed in this Section to establish an interagency clinical 
23team to review cases of children and youth who are at risk of 
 
 
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1relinquishment who are at a hospital or other similar 
2treatment facility, and to connect the child or youth and his 
3or her family with the appropriate services, treatment, and 
4support to stabilize the child or youth's serious mental 
5illness or serious emotional disturbance and prevent custody 
6relinquishment to the Department of Children and Family 
7Services.
8    The interagency agreement, among other things, shall 
9address all of the following: 
10        (1) Requiring families with private health insurance 
11    to exhaust their private insurance coverage.
12        (2) Establishing cost sharing for services received 
13    for families whose income exceeds the federal poverty 
14    level that would qualify them for Medicaid, based on the 
15    family's ability to pay.
16        (3) For children or youth who are not otherwise 
17    Medicaid eligible, performing a crisis stabilization 
18    assessment and developing a care plan for the child or 
19    youth and the family with the goal of determining what 
20    services are necessary to (i) stabilize the child or youth 
21    and (ii) prevent custody relinquishment to the Department 
22    of Children and Family Services when there is no abuse or 
23    neglect.
24        (4) Set criteria for short-term crisis stabilization 
25    services, including intensive community-based services or 
26    a short-term residential placement, as the child or 
 
 
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1    youth's treatment plan is being developed.

2    (b) The Department of Children and Family Services, the 
3Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and 
4Family Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, the 
5Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Public 
6Health shall enter into a 10-year extension of the interagency 
7agreement required by Public Act 98-808. 
8(Source: P.A. 98-808, eff. 1-1-15.)
  
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.