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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB1004
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Carol Ronen - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning a children's mental health plan.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is |
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| amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (405 ILCS 49/5)
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| Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
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| (a) The
The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's |
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| Mental Health Plan
containing short-term and long-term |
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| recommendations to provide
comprehensive, coordinated mental
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| health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services |
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| for children from
birth through age 18. This Plan
shall include |
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| but not be limited to:
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| (1) Coordinated provider services and interagency |
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| referral networks for
children from birth through age 18 to |
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| maximize resources and
minimize duplication of services.
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| (2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional |
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| development into
school learning standards and educational |
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| programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
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| (3) Protocols for implementing screening and |
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| assessment of children prior
to any admission to an |
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| inpatient hospital for psychiatric services,
pursuant to |
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| subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid
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| Code.
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| (4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for |
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| children's mental
health prevention, early intervention, |
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| and treatment across all State
agencies.
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| (5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for |
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| integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for |
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| children's mental health.
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| (6) Recommendations for building a qualified and |
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| adequately trained
workforce prepared to provide mental |
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| health services for children
from birth through age 18 and |
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| their families.
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| (7) Recommendations for facilitating research on best |
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| practices and
model programs, and dissemination of this |
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| information to Illinois
policymakers, practitioners, and |
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| the general public through training,
technical assistance, |
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| and educational materials.
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| (8) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted |
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| public
awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental |
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| illness and
educate families, the general public, and other |
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| key audiences about the
benefits of children's social and |
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| emotional development, and how to
access services.
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| (9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven |
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| children's mental
health system with shared accountability |
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| among key State agencies
and programs that conducts ongoing |
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| needs assessments, uses outcome
indicators and benchmarks |
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| to measure progress, and implements
quality data tracking |
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| and reporting systems.
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| (b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter |
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| referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership |
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| shall have the responsibility of
developing and monitoring the |
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| implementation of the Children's Mental
Health Plan as approved |
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| by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
Partnership shall |
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| be comprised of: the Secretary of Human Services or his or
her |
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| designee; the State Superintendent of Education or his or her
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| designee; the directors of the departments of Children and |
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| Family
Services, Public Aid, Public Health, and Corrections, or |
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| their
designees;
the head of the Illinois Violence Prevention |
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| Authority, or his or her
designee; the Attorney General or his |
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| or her designee; up to 25
representatives of community mental |
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| health authorities and statewide mental
health, children and |
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| family advocacy,
early childhood, education, health, substance |
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| abuse, violence prevention,
and juvenile justice organizations |
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| or associations, to be appointed by the
Governor; and 2 members |
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| of each caucus of the House of
Representatives and Senate |
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| appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and |
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| the President of the Senate, respectively. The
Governor shall |
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| appoint the Partnership Chair and shall designate a
Governor's |
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| staff liaison to work with the Partnership.
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| (c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the |
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| Governor on
September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan |
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| on June 30, 2005.
Thereafter, on September 30 of each year, the |
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| Partnership shall submit an
annual report to the Governor on |
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| the progress of Plan implementation
and recommendations for |
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| revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and annual reports |
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| submitted in subsequent years shall include
estimates of |
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| savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
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| Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal |
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| financial participation
received under subsection (b) of
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| Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department of Public Aid shall |
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| provide
technical assistance in developing these estimates and |
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| reports.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-495, eff. 8-8-03.)
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