Full Text of SB0106 102nd General Assembly
SB0106 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB0106 Introduced 2/3/2021, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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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 or psychiatric hospitalization (rather than 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; (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 types 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; and (iii) the number of youth in care who remain in emergency rooms for longer than 24 hours waiting for admission to a psychiatric hospital bed. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 2.2 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/2.2) | 7 | | Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for | 8 | | placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31 | 9 | | of each year thereafter through December 31, 2023 , the | 10 | | Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering | 11 | | the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding | 12 | | youth in care waiting for placements or psychiatric | 13 | | hospitalization . The report shall also be posted on the | 14 | | Department's website. The report shall include: | 15 | | (1) the number of youth in care who remained in | 16 | | emergency placements, including but not limited to | 17 | | shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30 | 18 | | days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement | 19 | | type, the total length of time each youth remained in | 20 | | emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and | 21 | | whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | 22 | | after they were removed from the emergency placement, and | 23 | | if not, what type of placement they were placed in; |
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| 1 | | (2) the number of youth in care who remained in | 2 | | psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically | 3 | | ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever | 4 | | is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended | 5 | | placement type, the total length of time each youth | 6 | | remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity, | 7 | | the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were | 8 | | placed in the recommended placement type after they were | 9 | | removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what | 10 | | type of placement they were placed in; | 11 | | (3) the number of youth in care who remained in a | 12 | | detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice | 13 | | facility solely because the Department cannot locate an | 14 | | appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and | 15 | | ages, their recommended placement type, the total length | 16 | | of time each youth remained in the detention center or | 17 | | Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could | 18 | | have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and | 19 | | whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | 20 | | after being released from detention of the Juvenile | 21 | | Justice facility, and if not, what type of placement they | 22 | | were placed in; | 23 | | (3.1) the number of youth in care placed in | 24 | | out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether | 25 | | each youth was referred to any in-state programs for | 26 | | placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for |
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| 1 | | each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state | 2 | | programs; whether the youth was psychiatrically | 3 | | hospitalized beyond medical necessity prior to being sent | 4 | | out of state; the state each youth is placed in; and | 5 | | whether the youth is placed in a secure facility out of | 6 | | state; | 7 | | (3.2) the number of youth not in the temporary custody | 8 | | or guardianship of the
Department who are or were the | 9 | | subjects of child protection
investigations coded as 84b | 10 | | (lock-out, psychiatrically
hospitalized) under the | 11 | | Department's Neglect Allegation
Classification system, | 12 | | including youth for whom the Department
is required to | 13 | | make payments in accordance with Section 5-5.07 of the | 14 | | Illinois Public Aid Code because they were hospitalized in | 15 | | inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond | 16 | | medical necessity during the Department's involvement with | 17 | | the case. At a minimum, the report shall include the | 18 | | following information regarding each youth: age, region, | 19 | | date of hospitalization, date the youth was beyond medical | 20 | | necessity, date and reason for the Department's | 21 | | involvement, length of time the youth was beyond medical | 22 | | necessity, whether the youth was referred for services | 23 | | under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' | 24 | | Family Support Program, whether the
youth was referred for | 25 | | intact family services, whether and when the Department | 26 | | petitioned for custody of the youth, and the youth's |
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| 1 | | living arrangement upon being discharged from the | 2 | | hospital; | 3 | | (3.3) the number of youth in care who remain in | 4 | | emergency rooms for longer than 24 hours waiting for | 5 | | admission to a psychiatric hospital bed. At a minimum, the | 6 | | report shall include the following information regarding | 7 | | each youth: age, region, date of admission to the | 8 | | emergency room, length of time the youth was in the | 9 | | emergency room, date and time the youth was discharged | 10 | | from the emergency room, hospital or placement the youth | 11 | | was discharged to, and a description of any critical | 12 | | incidents that occurred during the hospitalization, | 13 | | including, but not limited to, the use of emergency | 14 | | psychotropic medication or the use of any type of | 15 | | restraint. | 16 | | (4) a description of how the Department collected the | 17 | | information reported and any difficulties the Department | 18 | | had in collecting the information and whether there are | 19 | | concerns about the validity of the information; and | 20 | | (5) a description of any steps the Department is | 21 | | taking to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in | 22 | | psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention | 23 | | centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for | 24 | | clinically appropriate placements.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 100-87, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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