Bill Text: IL HB5269 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision requiring the Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care Task Force to submit quarterly reports to the Governor and General Assembly, removes a requirement that the report includes recommendations resulting from the Task Force's study regarding mental health and wellness services provided to youth in care. Changes the deadline date for the Task Force's final report to December 31, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2024). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-12-22 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB5269 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5269-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 5.27 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 505/5.27) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 5.27. Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care | ||||||
| 9 | Task Force. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care Task | ||||||
| 11 | Force is created. The Task Force shall review and make | ||||||
| 12 | recommendations regarding mental health and wellness services | ||||||
| 13 | provided to youth in care, including a program of holistic | ||||||
| 14 | mental health services provided 30 days after the date upon | ||||||
| 15 | which a youth is placed in foster care, in order to determine | ||||||
| 16 | how to best meet the mental health needs of youth in care. | ||||||
| 17 | Additionally, the Task Force shall: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) assess the capacity of State licensed mental | ||||||
| 19 | health professionals to provide preventive mental health | ||||||
| 20 | care to youth in care; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) review the current payment rates for mental health | ||||||
| 22 | providers serving the youth in care population; | ||||||
| 23 | (3) evaluate the process for smaller private practices | ||||||
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| 1 | and agencies to bill through managed care, evaluate | ||||||
| 2 | delayed payments to mental health providers, and recommend | ||||||
| 3 | improvements to make billing practices more efficient; | ||||||
| 4 | (4) evaluate the recruitment and retention of mental | ||||||
| 5 | health providers who are persons of color to serve the | ||||||
| 6 | youth in care population; and | ||||||
| 7 | (5) any other relevant subject and processes as deemed | ||||||
| 8 | necessary by the Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) The Task Force shall have 9 members, comprised as | ||||||
| 10 | follows: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) The Director of Healthcare and Family Services or | ||||||
| 12 | the Director's designee. | ||||||
| 13 | (2) The Director of Children and Family Services or | ||||||
| 14 | the Director's designee. | ||||||
| 15 | (3) A member appointed by the Governor from the Office | ||||||
| 16 | of the Governor who has a focus on mental health issues. | ||||||
| 17 | (4) Two members from the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 18 | appointed one each by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 19 | Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 20 | Representatives. | ||||||
| 21 | (5) Two members of the Senate, appointed one each by | ||||||
| 22 | the President of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 23 | Senate. | ||||||
| 24 | (6) One member who is a former youth in care, | ||||||
| 25 | appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 26 | (7) One representative from the managed care entity | ||||||
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| 1 | managing the YouthCare program, appointed by the Director | ||||||
| 2 | of Healthcare and Family Services. | ||||||
| 3 | Task Force members shall serve without compensation but | ||||||
| 4 | may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the | ||||||
| 5 | performance of their duties. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) The Task Force shall meet at least once each month | ||||||
| 7 | beginning no later than July 1, 2022 and at other times as | ||||||
| 8 | determined by the Task Force. The Task Force may hold | ||||||
| 9 | electronic meetings and a member of the Task Force shall be | ||||||
| 10 | deemed present for the purposes of establishing a quorum and | ||||||
| 11 | voting. | ||||||
| 12 | (d) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in | ||||||
| 13 | conjunction with the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
| 14 | Services, shall provide administrative and other support to | ||||||
| 15 | the Task Force. | ||||||
| 16 | (e) The Task Force shall prepare and submit to the | ||||||
| 17 | Governor and the General Assembly at the end of each quarter a | ||||||
| 18 | report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations | ||||||
| 19 | resulting from its study. The Task Force shall submit its | ||||||
| 20 | final report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later | ||||||
| 21 | than December 31, 2025 2024. Upon submission of its final | ||||||
| 22 | report, the Task Force is dissolved. | ||||||
| 23 | (f) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2026. | ||||||
| 24 | (Source: P.A. 102-898, eff. 5-25-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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