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      20 ILCS 301/35-10 new
          Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency
      Act.   Authorizes  the  Department  of  Human   Services   as
      successor to the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
      to  establish an Adolescent Family Life Program for high-risk
      pregnant adolescents who are abusing alcohol or drugs.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Alcoholism and Other Drug  Abuse  and
 2    Dependency Act by adding Section 35-10.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Alcoholism  and  Other  Drug  Abuse  and
 6    Dependency Act is amended by adding Section 35-10 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 301/35-10 new)
 8        Sec. 35-10.  Adolescent Family Life Program.
 9        (a)  The   General   Assembly   finds  and  declares  the
10    following:
11             (1)  In Illinois, a substantial number of babies are
12        born each year to adolescent mothers between  12  and  19
13        years of age.
14             (2)  A    substantial    percentage    of   pregnant
15        adolescents either abuse substances by experimenting with
16        alcohol and drugs or live  in  an  environment  in  which
17        substance  abuse  occurs and thus are at risk of exposing
18        their infants to dangerous and harmful substances.
19             (3)  It is  difficult  to  provide  substance  abuse
20        counseling  for adolescents in settings designed to serve
21        adults.
22        (b)  To address the findings set forth in subsection (a),
23    the  Department  of  Human  Services  as  successor  to   the
24    Department  of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse may establish a
25    3-year demonstration program in Cook County to  be  known  as
26    the  Adolescent  Family  Life  Program.  The program shall be
27    designed specifically to meet the developmental, social,  and
28    educational needs of high-risk pregnant adolescents and shall
29    do the following:
30             (1)  To the maximum extent feasible and appropriate,
31        utilize  existing programs and funding rather than create
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 1        new, duplicative programs and services.
 2             (2)  Include    plans    for    coordination     and
 3        collaboration  with  existing  perinatal  substance abuse
 4        programs.
 5             (3)  Include goals and objectives for  reducing  the
 6        incidence of high-risk pregnant adolescents.
 7             (4)  Be culturally and linguistically appropriate to
 8        the population being served.
 9             (5)  Include staff development training by substance
10        abuse counselors.
11        As  used in this Section, "high-risk pregnant adolescent"
12    means a person at least 12 but not more than 18 years of  age
13    who  uses  alcohol  to  excess,  is  addicted to a controlled
14    substance, or habitually uses cannabis and is pregnant.
15        (c)  If the Department establishes a program  under  this
16    Section,  the  Department  shall  report the following to the
17    General  Assembly  on  or  before  the  first  day   of   the
18    thirty-first  month  following the month in which the program
19    is initiated:
20             (1)  An accounting of  the  incidence  of  high-risk
21        pregnant  adolescents who are abusing alcohol or drugs or
22        a combination of alcohol and drugs.
23             (2)  An accounting of the health outcomes of infants
24        of  high-risk  pregnant  adolescents,  including   infant
25        morbidity, rehospitalization, low birth weight, premature
26        birth, developmental delay, and other related areas.
27             (3)  An   accounting   of  school  enrollment  among
28        high-risk pregnant adolescents.
29             (4)  An  assessment  of  the  effectiveness  of  the
30        counseling  services  in  reducing   the   incidence   of
31        high-risk pregnant adolescents who are abusing alcohol or
32        drugs or a combination of alcohol and drugs.
33             (5)  The  effectiveness  of  the  component of other
34        health programs aimed at  reducing  substance  use  among
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 1        pregnant adolescents.
 2             (6)  The need for an availability of substance abuse
 3        treatment   programs   in  the  program  areas  that  are
 4        appropriate, acceptable, and accessible to adolescents.

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