20 ILCS 540/20

(20 ILCS 540/20)

Sec. 20. Outcomes and data reported annually to the General Assembly.

(a) The Department of Children and Family Services shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly which includes the following with respect to the time period covered by the report:

(1) The number of children and youth who were relinquished to the Department of Children and Family Services for purposes of receiving treatment for their serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance.

(2) The length of treatment and the status of children and youth at the termination of services.

(b) The interagency agreement required under Section 15 shall require reporting to the General Assembly with respect to the following criteria:

(1) The number of children and youth who were intercepted during the reporting period and the services they were connected with to prevent custody relinquishment and to stabilize the child or youth.

(2) The duration of the services the child or youth received in order to stabilize his or her serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance.

(3) Following the connection to services through the most appropriate State agency to address the child or youth's needs, the number of families that failed to stabilize and turned to the Department of Children and Family Services for services, and that relinquished custody or whose child was adjudicated a dependent minor pursuant to subdivision (c) of paragraph (1) of Section 2-4 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

(Source: P.A. 98-808, eff. 1-1-15.)