Bill Text: IL HR0607 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commends the City of Joliet and the City of Joliet Fire Department for their partnership with Thriveworks to provide mental health services to the residents of Joliet.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-02-20 - Resolution Adopted [HR0607 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0607-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to
commend the City of Joliet and the City of Joliet Fire
Department for their partnership with the mental health
provider Thriveworks; and
WHEREAS, Thriveworks, founded by AJ Centore, Ph.D. in
2008, is a leading mental health provider that helps people
live happy and successful lives by making high-quality
counseling and psychiatry services accessible and affordable;
and
WHEREAS, Thriveworks offers licensed clinicians who are
in-network with major insurance plans and provides in-person
and online care for depression, anxiety, trauma, stress,
relationship issues, and more; and
WHEREAS, The partnership between the City of Joliet and
Thriveworks followed the successful implementation of
city-provided, Thriveworks-facilitated mental health services
for first responders and educators in early 2022; and
WHEREAS, Thriveworks opened its first clinic in Joliet on
July 12, 2022, which coincided with the launch of a landmark
mental health program funded by the City of Joliet and

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included a $400,000 pledge from the city to fund mental health
services through Thriveworks and Silver Cross Hospital for the
city's underinsured and uninsured, including low-income and
unhoused residents; and
WHEREAS, Thriveworks' mental health services are
accessible to uninsured residents through a voucher dispatched
by the City of Joliet Fire Department, while residents with
insurance can have any out-of-pocket expenses covered; and
WHEREAS, Thriveworks in Joliet includes TherapyLand, a
unique pediatric behavioral health center equipped with the
best resources to foster child development and mental health
counseling, including designated areas for home/kitchen play,
dress up, and sandbox play and offers children the chance to
utilize blocks, puppets, nurturing toys, art supplies, and
more; and
WHEREAS, According to the City of Joliet Fire Department,
since the implementation of Thriveworks, emergency calls
related to mental health crises have decreased as well as the
overcall costs of emergency response; and
WHEREAS, Thriveworks continues to make an impact in the
region, having been adopted by Joliet Township and Plainfield,
with the Townships of Wheatland and Lockport working to adopt

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the program in the future; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we commend the City of Joliet and the City of Joliet Fire
Department for their partnership with Thriveworks to provide
mental health services to the residents of Joliet; and be it
further