Full Text of HB0759 94th General Assembly
HB0759 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0759
Introduced 2/1/2005, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that every
child with a diagnosis of a mental illness who is placed under the Act shall receive mental health services. Requires DCFS, in cooperation with DHS, to file a proposed rule by January 1, 2006, regarding the mental health services to be provided to these children. Requires DCFS to assess each mental health community network in the State to determine what needs exist in each network for the required mental health services. Requires DCFS, by January 1, 2007, to submit a report describing the assessment of the mental health community networks and a plan to address the identified needs to the Governor and the General Assembly. |
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning children.
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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 and Family Services Act is amended | 5 |
| by adding Section
5.25 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 505/5.25 new)
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| Sec. 5.25. Mental health services.
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| (a) Every child placed under this Act with a diagnosis of
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| mental illness shall receive necessary mental health services, | 10 |
| including but
not limited to medical management, individual and | 11 |
| group therapy, psychosocial
rehabilitation, vocational | 12 |
| services, and hospitalization. Services shall be
appropriate | 13 |
| to meet the needs of the
individual child; may be provided by a | 14 |
| program, a facility, a home, or an
outside mental health | 15 |
| services provider; and may be provided to the child at
the site | 16 |
| of the program, facility, or home or at an otherwise | 17 |
| appropriate
location.
A program, facility, or home shall assist | 18 |
| in arranging for a child to receive
mental health services from | 19 |
| an outside provider when those services are
necessary in | 20 |
| meeting the child's needs and the child wishes to receive them.
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| (b) As used in this Section, "mental illness" means a | 22 |
| mental or emotional
disorder verified by a diagnosis contained | 23 |
| in the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, | 24 |
| Third Edition-Revised (or any subsequent edition),
or | 25 |
| International
Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, | 26 |
| Clinical Modification (or any
subsequent revision) that | 27 |
| substantially impairs the individual's cognitive,
emotional, | 28 |
| or behavioral functioning; excluding (i) V codes, (ii) organic
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| disorders such as dementia and those associated with known or | 30 |
| unknown physical
conditions such as hallucinosis, amnestic | 31 |
| disorder, and delirium, (iii)
psychoactive substance induced | 32 |
| organic disorders, (iv) mental retardation, and
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| psychoactive substance use disorder.
Not excluded, however, is | 2 |
| a dual diagnosis of mental illness and mental
retardation or of | 3 |
| mental illness and psychoactive substance use disorder.
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| (c) No later than January 1, 2006, in cooperation with the | 5 |
| Illinois
Department of Human Services, the Department of | 6 |
| Children and Family Services
shall file a proposed rule or a | 7 |
| proposed amendment to an existing rule
regarding the provision | 8 |
| of mental health services to children who have a
serious mental | 9 |
| illness. The proposal shall address, but is not limited to,
the | 10 |
| implementation of the following:
assessment, care planning, | 11 |
| treatment, and discharge planning for those who are
under the | 12 |
| supervision or admitted to a child welfare agency, secure child | 13 |
| care
facility, foster family home, group home, or child care | 14 |
| institution licensed or
funded by the Department.
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| (d) The Department shall also prepare an assessment of each | 16 |
| mental health
community service network in the State. This | 17 |
| assessment shall evaluate the
resources
needed in each network | 18 |
| to provide appropriate mental health services for all
children
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| within the network's service area who have mental illness. The | 20 |
| assessments
shall
include, at a minimum, an analysis of the | 21 |
| current availability and needs in
each of the
following areas: | 22 |
| (i) mental health treatment, (ii) qualified mental health
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| professionals, (iii)
case managers, (iv) programs for | 24 |
| psychosocial rehabilitation, (v) housing and
supportive | 25 |
| services, (vi) vocational assistance, and (vii) programs for
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| substance abuse.
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| By January 1, 2007, the Department shall complete all | 28 |
| required individual and
network assessments and shall submit a | 29 |
| written report to the Governor and the
General
Assembly that | 30 |
| describes the results of the assessment and contains a specific
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| plan to
address the identified needs for mental health | 32 |
| services.
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