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| Public Act 103-0829
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| HB4758 Enrolled | LRB103 39252 KTG 69404 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended |
by changing Section 2.2 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 505/2.2) |
Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for |
placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31 |
of each year thereafter, the Department shall prepare and |
submit an annual report, covering the previous fiscal year, to |
the General Assembly regarding youth in care waiting for |
placements or psychiatric hospitalization. The report shall |
also be posted on the Department's website. The report shall |
include: |
(1) the number of youth in care who remained in |
emergency placements, including but not limited to |
shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30 |
days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement |
type, the total length of time each youth remained in |
emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and |
whether they were placed in the recommended placement type |
after they were removed from the emergency placement, and |
if not, what type of placement they were placed in; |
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(2) the number of youth in care who remained in |
psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically |
ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever |
is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended |
placement type, the total length of time each youth |
remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity, |
the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were |
placed in the recommended placement type after they were |
removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what |
type of placement they were placed in; |
(3) the number of youth in care who remained in a |
detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice |
facility solely because the Department cannot locate an |
appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and |
ages, their recommended placement type, the total length |
of time each youth remained in the detention center or |
Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could |
have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and |
whether they were placed in the recommended placement type |
after being released from detention of the Juvenile |
Justice facility, and if not, what type of placement they |
were placed in; |
(3.1) 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 |
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each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state |
programs; whether the youth was psychiatrically |
hospitalized beyond medical necessity prior to being sent |
out of state; the state each youth is placed in; and |
whether the youth is placed in a secure facility out of |
state; |
(3.2) the number of youth not in the temporary custody |
or guardianship of the Department who are or were the |
subjects of child protection investigations coded as 84b |
(lock-out, psychiatrically hospitalized) under the |
Department's Neglect Allegation Classification system, |
including youth for whom the Department is required to |
make payments in accordance with Section 5-5.07 of the |
Illinois Public Aid Code because they were hospitalized in |
inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond |
medical necessity during the Department's involvement with |
the case. At a minimum, the report shall include the |
following information regarding each youth: age, region, |
date of hospitalization, date the youth was beyond medical |
necessity, date and reason for the Department's |
involvement, length of time the youth was beyond medical |
necessity, whether the youth was referred for services |
under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' |
Family Support Program, whether the youth was referred for |
intact family services, whether and when the Department |
petitioned for custody of the youth, and the youth's |
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living arrangement upon being discharged from the |
hospital; |
(3.3) the number of youth in care who remain in |
emergency rooms for longer than 24 hours waiting for |
admission to a psychiatric hospital bed. At a minimum, the |
report shall include the following information regarding |
each youth: age, region, date of admission to the |
emergency room, length of time the youth was in the |
emergency room, date and time the youth was discharged |
from the emergency room, hospital or placement the youth |
was discharged to, and a description of any critical |
incidents that occurred during the hospitalization, |
including, but not limited to, the use of emergency |
psychotropic medication or the use of any type of |
restraint; . |
(3.4) the number of youth in care who remained |
overnight in temporary living spaces not licensed under |
the Child Care Act of 1969 solely because the Department |
cannot locate an appropriate placement for the youth. |
Temporary living spaces not authorized under the Child |
Care Act of 1969 include, but are not limited to, |
Department or licensed child welfare agency offices or |
welcome centers. As used in this paragraph, "remaining |
overnight" means being present in the temporary living |
space at 1:00 a.m. At a minimum, the report shall include |
the following information regarding each youth: age, |
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region, date of stay, length of time the youth was in the |
temporary living space, date and time the youth was moved |
from the temporary living space, the reason for the youth |
remaining overnight, and the type of placement or setting |
the youth was in immediately after leaving the temporary |
living space. The report shall reflect the number of |
unique youth involved, the number of episodes that |
occurred fitting the criteria, and the number of unique |
youth involved in multiple episodes; |
(4) a description of how the Department collected the |
information reported and any difficulties the Department |
had in collecting the information and whether there are |
concerns about the validity of the information; and |
(5) a description of any steps the Department is |
taking to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in |
psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention |
centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for |
clinically appropriate placements. |
(Source: P.A. 102-76, eff. 7-9-21.)
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