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90_HB1303eng
20 ILCS 2310/55.78
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
Provides that the Department of Human Services (now
Department of Public Health) shall administer the Healthy
Families Initiative. Provides that the Department shall
establish local steering committees for the Initiative and
may focus implementation of the Initiative in communities
with a high incidence of child abuse. Deletes the provisions
concerning the comprehensive inventory of home visitation
services. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
2 by changing Section 55.78.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 55.78 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2310/55.78)
8 Sec. 55.78. Healthy Families Initiative.
9 (a) The Department of Human Services Public Health, in
10 cooperation with the Department of Children and Family
11 Services, the Illinois Department of Public Health Public
12 Aid, and other related State and community agencies, shall
13 convene a steering committee to develop a plan to implement a
14 Healthy Families statewide initiative to prevent the
15 occurrence of child abuse and neglect and to promote positive
16 child health and development. The steering committee for the
17 Healthy Families Initiative shall include as many members as
18 possible from the steering committee appointed under Public
19 Act 88-614, provided that no more than 50% of the members
20 shall be providers of services receiving grants under this
21 Section. The program shall be based on the Healthy Families
22 America model of a voluntary program to identify at-risk
23 families who are confronted with a significant number of
24 elements that could lead to child abuse and neglect and to
25 offer help before any incidence occurs.
26 (b) The goals of the Healthy Families Initiative shall
27 include the following:
28 (1) Strengthening family functioning.
29 (2) Enhancing child development.
30 (3) Promoting positive parenting.
31 (4) Enhancing parent-child interaction.
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1 (5) Ensuring primary health care for all families.
2 (6) Ensuring appropriate use of health and
3 community resources in providing prevention services and
4 the promotion of positive child health and development.
5 (c) The steering committee may review similar programs
6 operating in other states. The Initiative must provide a
7 comprehensive, coordinated program of prevention services for
8 infants and young children through a voluntary home visitor
9 program for new parents and their children. Funds
10 appropriated to the Initiative may be used to support or The
11 plan shall utilize and may expand existing programs and
12 services currently operating in the State, as well as to
13 develop and implement a statewide system of training and
14 technical assistance supporting the programs and services.
15 Where there are no existing services, the Department of Human
16 Services may authorize the development of new local programs,
17 which incorporate the proven critical elements contained in
18 the Healthy Families America model. The programs shall
19 include an evaluation component. The Department of Human
20 Services is authorized to contract for the study. The
21 Department of Human Services may provide, by grant or
22 contract, support to a statewide child abuse prevention
23 organization for the development and implementation of the
24 Healthy Families initiative and evaluation. Funds for the
25 Healthy Families initiative shall be sought from the federal
26 government and State human service code departments. Private
27 sponsorship may also be sought.
28 (d) (Blank). The steering committee shall inventory
29 State and local resources providing relevant home visitation
30 services to families and evaluate how these resources may be
31 included in a statewide Healthy Families implementation plan.
32 This may result in renaming current programs and bringing
33 them into compliance with the requirements of the Healthy
34 Families America model to create a comprehensive statewide
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1 system that can be effectively monitored and evaluated.
2 (d-5) The steering committee shall work with the
3 Department of Human Services to oversee implementation of
4 this Section and shall work to establish local steering
5 committees composed of representatives of appropriate State
6 and local agencies, service providers, hospitals,
7 not-for-profit community agencies, and families in every
8 community selected for a Healthy Families Program.
9 (e) (Blank). The Department shall report to the Governor
10 and General Assembly on the Healthy Families initiative plan
11 and submit recommendations by January 1, 1995.
12 (e-5) The Department of Human Services, in consultation
13 with the Healthy Families Initiative steering committee and
14 appropriate State and local agencies, shall promulgate rules
15 and regulations necessary for the implementation of this
16 Section. The Department of Human Services may target
17 resources for initial implementation of the Healthy Services
18 Families Initiative to communities that have had child
19 fatalities as a result of child abuse and to communities that
20 have a high incidence of child abuse and neglect.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.