Full Text of HB3525 95th General Assembly
HB3525 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3525
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Makes technical changes in a
Section concerning a children's mental health plan.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (405 ILCS 49/5)
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| Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
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| (a) The
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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| health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services | 12 |
| for children from
birth through age 18. This Plan
shall include | 13 |
| but not be limited to:
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| (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.
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| (2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional | 18 |
| development into
school learning standards and educational | 19 |
| programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
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| (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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| Code.
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| (4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for | 3 |
| children's mental
health prevention, early intervention, | 4 |
| and treatment across all State
agencies.
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| (5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for | 6 |
| integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for | 7 |
| children's mental health.
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| (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.
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| (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.
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| (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.
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| (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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| and reporting systems.
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| (b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter | 3 |
| referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership | 4 |
| shall have the responsibility of
developing and monitoring the | 5 |
| implementation of the Children's Mental
Health Plan as approved | 6 |
| by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
Partnership shall | 7 |
| be comprised of: the Secretary of Human Services or his or
her | 8 |
| designee; the State Superintendent of Education or his or her
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| designee; the directors of the departments of Children and | 10 |
| Family
Services, Healthcare and Family Services
Public Aid , | 11 |
| Public Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their
designees;
the | 12 |
| head of the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, or his or | 13 |
| her
designee; the Attorney General or his or her designee; up | 14 |
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representatives of community mental health authorities | 15 |
| and statewide mental
health, children and family advocacy,
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| early childhood, education, health, substance abuse, violence | 17 |
| prevention,
and juvenile justice organizations or | 18 |
| associations, to be appointed by the
Governor; and 2 members of | 19 |
| each caucus of the House of
Representatives and Senate | 20 |
| appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and | 21 |
| the President of the Senate, respectively. The
Governor shall | 22 |
| appoint the Partnership Chair and shall designate a
Governor's | 23 |
| staff liaison to work with the Partnership.
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| (c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the | 25 |
| Governor on
September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan | 26 |
| on June 30, 2005.
Thereafter, on September 30 of each year, the |
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| Partnership shall submit an
annual report to the Governor on | 2 |
| the progress of Plan implementation
and recommendations for | 3 |
| revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and annual reports | 4 |
| submitted in subsequent years shall include
estimates of | 5 |
| savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
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| Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal | 7 |
| financial participation
received under subsection (b) of
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| Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department of Healthcare and | 9 |
| Family Services
Public Aid shall provide
technical assistance | 10 |
| in developing these estimates and reports.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-495, eff. 8-8-03; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; revised | 12 |
| 9-14-06.)
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