Bill Text: IL HB0212 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Provides that the Children's Mental Health Plan shall include recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth receive mental health education and have access to mental health care in the school setting. Provides that in developing these recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership shall consult with the State Board of Education, education practitioners, health care professionals, disability advocates, and other representatives as necessary to ensure the interests of all students are represented. Effective July 1, 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0116 [HB0212 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0212-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Provides that the Children's Mental Health Plan shall include recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth receive mental health education and have access to mental health care in the school setting. Provides that in developing these recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership shall consult with the State Board of Education, education practitioners, health care professionals, disability advocates, and other representatives as necessary to ensure the interests of all students are represented. Effective July 1, 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0116 [HB0212 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0212-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (405 ILCS 49/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
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8 | (a) The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's | ||||||
9 | Mental Health Plan
containing short-term and long-term | ||||||
10 | recommendations to provide
comprehensive, coordinated mental
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11 | health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services | ||||||
12 | for children from
birth through age 18. This Plan
shall | ||||||
13 | include but not be limited to:
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14 | (1) Coordinated provider services and interagency | ||||||
15 | referral networks for
children from birth through age 18 | ||||||
16 | to maximize resources and
minimize duplication of | ||||||
17 | services.
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18 | (2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional | ||||||
19 | development into
school learning standards and educational | ||||||
20 | programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
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21 | (3) Protocols for implementing screening and | ||||||
22 | assessment of children prior
to any admission to an | ||||||
23 | inpatient hospital for psychiatric services,
pursuant to |
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1 | subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public | ||||||
2 | Aid
Code.
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3 | (4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for | ||||||
4 | children's mental
health prevention, early intervention, | ||||||
5 | and treatment across all State
agencies.
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6 | (5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for | ||||||
7 | integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for | ||||||
8 | children's mental health.
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9 | (6) Recommendations for building a qualified and | ||||||
10 | adequately trained
workforce prepared to provide mental | ||||||
11 | health services for children
from birth through age 18 and | ||||||
12 | their families.
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13 | (7) Recommendations for facilitating research on best | ||||||
14 | practices and
model programs, and dissemination of this | ||||||
15 | information to Illinois
policymakers, practitioners, and | ||||||
16 | the general public through training,
technical assistance, | ||||||
17 | and educational materials.
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18 | (8) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted | ||||||
19 | public
awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental | ||||||
20 | illness and
educate families, the general public, and | ||||||
21 | other key audiences about the
benefits of children's | ||||||
22 | social and emotional development, and how to
access | ||||||
23 | services.
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24 | (9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven | ||||||
25 | children's mental
health system with shared accountability | ||||||
26 | among key State agencies
and programs that conducts |
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1 | ongoing needs assessments, uses outcome
indicators and | ||||||
2 | benchmarks to measure progress, and implements
quality | ||||||
3 | data tracking and reporting systems. | ||||||
4 | (10) Recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth | ||||||
5 | receive mental health education and have access to mental | ||||||
6 | health care in the school setting. In developing these | ||||||
7 | recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership | ||||||
8 | created under subsection (b) shall consult with the State | ||||||
9 | Board of Education, education practitioners, including, | ||||||
10 | but not limited to, administrators, regional | ||||||
11 | superintendents of schools,
teachers, and school support | ||||||
12 | personnel, health care
professionals, including mental | ||||||
13 | health professionals and child health leaders, disability | ||||||
14 | advocates, and other representatives as necessary to | ||||||
15 | ensure the interests of all students are represented.
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16 | (b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter | ||||||
17 | referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership | ||||||
18 | shall have the responsibility of
developing and monitoring the | ||||||
19 | implementation of the Children's Mental
Health Plan as | ||||||
20 | approved by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
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21 | Partnership shall be comprised of: the Secretary of Human | ||||||
22 | Services or his or
her designee; the State Superintendent of | ||||||
23 | Education or his or her
designee; the directors of the | ||||||
24 | departments of Children and Family
Services, Healthcare and | ||||||
25 | Family Services, Public Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their
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26 | designees;
the head of the Illinois Violence Prevention |
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1 | Authority, or his or her
designee; the Attorney General or his | ||||||
2 | or her designee; up to 25
representatives of community mental | ||||||
3 | health authorities and statewide mental
health, children and | ||||||
4 | family advocacy,
early childhood, education, health, substance | ||||||
5 | abuse, violence prevention,
and juvenile justice organizations | ||||||
6 | or associations, to be appointed by the
Governor; and 2 | ||||||
7 | members of each caucus of the House of
Representatives and | ||||||
8 | Senate appointed by the Speaker of the House of
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9 | Representatives and the President of the Senate, respectively. | ||||||
10 | The
Governor shall appoint the Partnership Chair and shall | ||||||
11 | designate a
Governor's staff liaison to work with the | ||||||
12 | Partnership.
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13 | (c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the | ||||||
14 | Governor on
September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan | ||||||
15 | on June 30, 2005.
Thereafter, on September 30 of each year, the | ||||||
16 | Partnership shall submit an
annual report to the Governor on | ||||||
17 | the progress of Plan implementation
and recommendations for | ||||||
18 | revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and annual reports | ||||||
19 | submitted in subsequent years shall include
estimates of | ||||||
20 | savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
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21 | Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal | ||||||
22 | financial participation
received under subsection (b) of
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23 | Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
24 | Family Services shall provide
technical assistance in | ||||||
25 | developing these estimates and reports.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
2 | 2021.
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