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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (405 ILCS 49/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
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8 | (a) The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's | ||||||
9 | Mental Health Plan
containing short-term and long-term | ||||||
10 | recommendations to provide
comprehensive, coordinated mental
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11 | health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services | ||||||
12 | for children from
birth through age 18. This Plan
shall | ||||||
13 | include but not be limited to:
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14 | (1) Coordinated provider services and interagency | ||||||
15 | referral networks for
children from birth through age 18 | ||||||
16 | to maximize resources and
minimize duplication of | ||||||
17 | services.
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18 | (2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional | ||||||
19 | development into
school learning standards and educational | ||||||
20 | programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
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21 | (3) Protocols for implementing screening and | ||||||
22 | assessment of children prior
to any admission to an | ||||||
23 | inpatient hospital for psychiatric services,
pursuant to |
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1 | subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public | ||||||
2 | Aid
Code.
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3 | (4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for | ||||||
4 | children's mental
health prevention, early intervention, | ||||||
5 | and treatment across all State
agencies.
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6 | (5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for | ||||||
7 | integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for | ||||||
8 | children's mental health.
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9 | (6) Recommendations for building a qualified and | ||||||
10 | adequately trained
workforce prepared to provide mental | ||||||
11 | health services for children
from birth through age 18 and | ||||||
12 | their families.
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13 | (7) Recommendations for facilitating research on best | ||||||
14 | practices and
model programs, and dissemination of this | ||||||
15 | information to Illinois
policymakers, practitioners, and | ||||||
16 | the general public through training,
technical assistance, | ||||||
17 | and educational materials.
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18 | (8) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted | ||||||
19 | public
awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental | ||||||
20 | illness and
educate families, the general public, and | ||||||
21 | other key audiences about the
benefits of children's | ||||||
22 | social and emotional development, and how to
access | ||||||
23 | services.
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24 | (9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven | ||||||
25 | children's mental
health system with shared accountability | ||||||
26 | among key State agencies
and programs that conducts |
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1 | ongoing needs assessments, uses outcome
indicators and | ||||||
2 | benchmarks to measure progress, and implements
quality | ||||||
3 | data tracking and reporting systems. | ||||||
4 | (10) Recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth | ||||||
5 | receive mental health education and have access to mental | ||||||
6 | health care in the school setting. In developing these | ||||||
7 | recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership | ||||||
8 | created under subsection (b) shall consult with the State | ||||||
9 | Board of Education, education practitioners, including, | ||||||
10 | but not limited to, administrators, regional | ||||||
11 | superintendents of schools,
teachers, and school support | ||||||
12 | personnel, health care
professionals, including mental | ||||||
13 | health professionals and child health leaders, disability | ||||||
14 | advocates, and other representatives as necessary to | ||||||
15 | ensure the interests of all students are represented.
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16 | (11) Recommendations on how to more effectively meet | ||||||
17 | the emergency and residential placement needs for all | ||||||
18 | children with severe mental and behavioral challenges. | ||||||
19 | (b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter | ||||||
20 | referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership | ||||||
21 | shall have the responsibility of
developing and monitoring the | ||||||
22 | implementation of the Children's Mental
Health Plan as | ||||||
23 | approved by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
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24 | Partnership shall be comprised of: the Secretary of Human | ||||||
25 | Services or his or
her designee; the State Superintendent of | ||||||
26 | Education or his or her
designee; the directors of the |
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1 | departments of Children and Family
Services, Healthcare and | ||||||
2 | Family Services, Public Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their
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3 | designees;
the head of the Illinois Violence Prevention | ||||||
4 | Authority, or his or her
designee; the Attorney General or his | ||||||
5 | or her designee; up to 25
representatives of community mental | ||||||
6 | health authorities and statewide mental
health, children and | ||||||
7 | family advocacy,
early childhood, education, health, substance | ||||||
8 | abuse, violence prevention, community mental health provider | ||||||
9 | trade organizations,
and juvenile justice organizations or | ||||||
10 | associations, to be appointed by the
Governor; and 2 members | ||||||
11 | of each caucus of the House of
Representatives and Senate | ||||||
12 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and | ||||||
13 | the President of the Senate, respectively. The
Governor shall | ||||||
14 | appoint the Partnership Chair and shall designate a
Governor's | ||||||
15 | staff liaison to work with the Partnership.
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16 | (c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the | ||||||
17 | Governor on
September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan | ||||||
18 | on June 30, 2005.
Thereafter, on September 30 of each year, the | ||||||
19 | Partnership shall submit an
annual report to the Governor and | ||||||
20 | the General Assembly on the progress of Plan implementation
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21 | and recommendations for revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan | ||||||
22 | and annual reports submitted in subsequent years shall include
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23 | estimates of savings achieved in prior fiscal years under | ||||||
24 | subsection (a) of
Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid | ||||||
25 | Code and federal financial participation
received under | ||||||
26 | subsection (b) of
Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department |
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1 | of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide
technical | ||||||
2 | assistance in developing these estimates and reports.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-116, eff. 7-23-21.)
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