IL HB3440 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-04-11 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-04-11 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in coordination with a statewide association representing a majority of hospitals, to establish and offer a voluntary training that will be recorded and made available on the Department's website to all hospital social workers, clinicians, and administrative staff to inform them of BEACON, a centralized resource for Illinois youth and families seeking services for behavioral health needs, with the goal of encouraging families to seek assistance through BEACON and the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Team. Provides that the training shall include how families and hospital staff can access BEACON, the process once a case is entered into BEACON, and State and community programs accessible through BEACON. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires a psychiatric hospital to contact a youth or the youth's parents, guardian, or caregiver about the BEACON portal (rather than the Family Support Program and the Specialized Family Support Program) prior to referring the youth to the Department of Children and Family Services because the youth was left at the psychiatric hospital beyond medical necessity. Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team in the Office of the Governor and relevant stakeholders, to report its work and make available resource materials, including model policies and guidance informed by a phased approach to implementing universal mental health screening in schools. Requires the State Board of Education to report its work by September 1, 2026. Provides that mental health screenings shall be offered by school districts to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12, at least once a year, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year.
Title
MENTAL HLTH-KIDS-BEACON
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-03-20 - House - House Mental Health & Addiction Committee (Y: 7 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-11 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-04-11 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Mental Health & Addiction Committee |
| 2025-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 2025-03-28 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Pension Note Filed |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Pension Note Requested by Rep. Jackie Haas |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Amy Elik |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 015-008-000 |
| 2025-03-20 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Mental Health & Addiction Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 2025-03-18 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mental Health & Addiction Committee |
| 2025-03-14 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-03-14 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe |
| 2025-03-11 | House | Assigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-02-18 | House | First Reading |
| 2025-02-07 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 5 | 2-3.203 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 305 | 5 | 5-5.23 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 405 | 165 | 35 | New Code | See Bill Text |
