101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2760

 

Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/2.2

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to submit annual reports to the General Assembly concerning youth in care who are awaiting placement, provides that the reports are to be submitted no later than December 31, of each year (rather than on December 31 of each year through December 31, 2023). Requires the reports to be posted on the Department's website and to include specified information, including: (i) the number of youth in care placed in out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether each youth was referred to any in-state programs for placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state programs; and (ii) the number of youth not in the temporary custody or guardianship of the Department who are the subjects of open child protection cases, intact family cases, or any other type of child welfare case, including, but not limited to, those youth for whom the Department is required to make medical assistance payments because they were hospitalized in inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond medical necessity during the Department's involvement with the case. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by changing Section 2.2 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/2.2)
7    Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for
8placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31
9of each year thereafter through December 31, 2023, the
10Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering
11the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding
12youth in care waiting for placements. The report shall also be
13posted on the Department's website. The report shall include:
14        (1) the number of youth in care who remained in
15    emergency placements, including but not limited to
16    shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30
17    days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement
18    type, the total length of time each youth remained in
19    emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and
20    whether they were placed in the recommended placement type
21    after they were removed from the emergency placement, and
22    if not, what type of placement they were placed in;
23        (2) the number of youth in care who remained in

 

 

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1    psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically
2    ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever
3    is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended
4    placement type, the total length of time each youth
5    remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity,
6    the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were
7    placed in the recommended placement type after they were
8    removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what
9    type of placement they were placed in;
10        (3) the number of youth in care who remained in a
11    detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice
12    facility solely because the Department cannot locate an
13    appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and
14    ages, their recommended placement type, the total length of
15    time each youth remained in the detention center or
16    Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could
17    have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and
18    whether they were placed in the recommended placement type
19    after being released from detention of the Juvenile Justice
20    facility, and if not, what type of placement they were
21    placed in;
22        (3.1) the number of youth in care placed in
23    out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether
24    each youth was referred to any in-state programs for
25    placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for
26    each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state

 

 

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1    programs; whether the youth was psychiatrically
2    hospitalized beyond medical necessity prior to being sent
3    out-of-state; the state each youth is placed in; and
4    whether the youth is placed in a secure facility out of
5    state;
6        (3.2) the number of youth not in the temporary custody
7    or guardianship of the Department who are the subjects of
8    open child protection cases, intact family cases, or any
9    other type of child welfare case, including, but not
10    limited to, those youth for whom the Department is required
11    to make payments in accordance with Section 5-5.07 of the
12    Illinois Public Aid Code because they were hospitalized in
13    inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond
14    medical necessity during the Department's involvement with
15    the case. At a minimum, the report shall include the
16    following information regarding each youth: age, region,
17    date of hospitalization, date the youth was beyond medical
18    necessity, date and reason for the Department's
19    involvement, length of time the youth was beyond medical
20    necessity, whether the youth was referred for services
21    under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services'
22    Family Support Program, whether and when the Department
23    petitioned for custody of the youth, and the youth's living
24    arrangement upon being discharged from the hospital;
25        (4) a description of how the Department collected the
26    information reported and any difficulties the Department

 

 

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1    had in collecting the information and whether there are
2    concerns about the validity of the information; and
3        (5) a description of any steps the Department is taking
4    to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in
5    psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention
6    centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for
7    clinically appropriate placements.
8(Source: P.A. 100-87, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.