Bill Text: IL HB4918 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish family resource centers throughout this State to provide counseling and mental health services to families who are indigent based on any behavior or mental health condition as determined by Department rule. Provides that the Department shall employ or contract with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, and licensed marriage and family therapists to provide those services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4918 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4918-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4918 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 80/Art. VII heading new
405 ILCS 80/7-1 new
Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish family resource centers throughout this State to provide counseling and mental health services to families who are indigent based on any behavior or mental health condition as determined by Department rule. Provides that the Department shall employ or contract with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, and licensed marriage and family therapists to provide those services.
LRB100 19262 RLC 34528 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB4918 LRB100 19262 RLC 34528 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Developmental Disability and Mental
Disability Services Act is amended by adding Article VII as
follows:
(405 ILCS 80/Art. VII heading new)
ARTICLE VII. FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS
(405 ILCS 80/7-1 new)
Sec. 7-1. Family resource centers. The Department of Human
Services shall establish family resource centers throughout
this State to provide counseling and mental health services to
families who are indigent based on any behavior or mental
health condition as determined by Department rule. The
Department shall employ or contract with psychiatrists,
clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, and licensed
marriage and family therapists to provide those services.