Bill Text: IL HB4348 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a children's mental health plan.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4348 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4348-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB4348 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 49/5
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.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(405 ILCS 49/5)
Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
(a) The The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's
Mental Health Plan containing short-term and long-term
recommendations to provide comprehensive, coordinated mental
health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services
for children from birth through age 18. This Plan shall include
but not be limited to:
(1) Coordinated provider services and interagency
referral networks for children from birth through age 18 to
maximize resources and minimize duplication of services.
(2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional
development into school learning standards and educational
programs, pursuant to Section 15 of this Act.
(3) Protocols for implementing screening and
assessment of children prior to any admission to an
inpatient hospital for psychiatric services, pursuant to
subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid

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Code.
(4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for
children's mental health prevention, early intervention,
and treatment across all State agencies.
(5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for
integrating federal, State, and local funding sources for
children's mental health.
(6) Recommendations for building a qualified and
adequately trained workforce prepared to provide mental
health services for children from birth through age 18 and
their families.
(7) Recommendations for facilitating research on best
practices and model programs, and dissemination of this
information to Illinois policymakers, practitioners, and
the general public through training, technical assistance,
and educational materials.
(8) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted
public awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental
illness and educate families, the general public, and other
key audiences about the benefits of children's social and
emotional development, and how to access services.
(9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven
children's mental health system with shared accountability
among key State agencies and programs that conducts ongoing
needs assessments, uses outcome indicators and benchmarks
to measure progress, and implements quality data tracking

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and reporting systems.
(b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter
referred to as "the Partnership") is created. The Partnership
shall have the responsibility of developing and monitoring the
implementation of the Children's Mental Health Plan as approved
by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health Partnership shall
be comprised of: the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
designee; the State Superintendent of Education or his or her
designee; the directors of the departments of Children and
Family Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Public
Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their designees; the head of
the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, or his or her
designee; the Attorney General or his or her designee; up to 25
representatives of community mental health authorities and
statewide mental health, children and family advocacy, early
childhood, education, health, substance abuse, violence
prevention, and juvenile justice organizations or
associations, to be appointed by the Governor; and 2 members of
each caucus of the House of Representatives and Senate
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
the President of the Senate, respectively. The Governor shall
appoint the Partnership Chair and shall designate a Governor's
staff liaison to work with the Partnership.
(c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the
Governor on September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan
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
the progress of Plan implementation and recommendations for
revisions in the Plan. The Final Plan and annual reports
submitted in subsequent years shall include estimates of
savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal
financial participation received under subsection (b) of
Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department of Healthcare and
Family Services shall provide technical assistance in
developing these estimates and reports.
(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)