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| Public Act 102-0899
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| SB3889 Enrolled | LRB102 24255 RJT 33486 b |
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is |
amended by changing Sections 1 and 5 as follows:
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(405 ILCS 49/1)
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Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Children's Mental
Health
Act of 2003.
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(Source: P.A. 93-495, eff. 8-8-03.)
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(405 ILCS 49/5)
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Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Partnership; Children's |
Mental Health Plan.
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(a) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter |
referred to as "the Partnership") created under Public Act |
93-495 and continued under this amendatory Act of the 102nd |
General Assembly shall advise State agencies on designing and |
implementing short-term and long-term strategies to provide |
comprehensive and coordinated services for children from birth |
to age 25 and their families with the goal of addressing |
children's mental health needs across a full continuum of |
care, including social determinants of health, prevention, |
early identification, and treatment. The recommended |
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strategies shall build upon the recommendations in the |
Children's Mental Health Plan of 2022 and may include, but are |
not limited to, recommendations regarding the following: 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
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birth through age 18. This Plan
shall include but not be |
limited to:
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(1) Increasing public awareness on issues connected to |
children's mental health and wellness to decrease stigma, |
promote acceptance, and strengthen the ability of |
children, families, and communities to access supports. |
Coordinated provider services and interagency referral |
networks for
children from birth through age 18 to |
maximize resources and
minimize duplication of services.
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(2) Coordination of programs, services, and policies |
across child-serving State agencies to best monitor and |
assess spending, as well as foster innovation of adaptive |
or new practices. Guidelines for incorporating social and |
emotional development into
school learning standards and |
educational programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
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(3) Funding and resources for children's mental health |
prevention, early identification, and treatment across |
child-serving State agencies. Protocols for implementing |
screening and assessment of children prior
to any |
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admission to an inpatient hospital for psychiatric |
services,
pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of |
the Illinois Public Aid
Code.
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(4) Facilitation of research on best practices and |
model programs and dissemination of this information to |
State policymakers, practitioners, and the general public. |
Recommendations regarding a State budget for children's |
mental
health prevention, early intervention, and |
treatment across all State
agencies.
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(5) Monitoring programs, services, and policies |
addressing children's mental health and wellness. |
Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for |
integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for |
children's mental health.
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(6) Growing, retaining, diversifying, and supporting |
the child-serving workforce, with special emphasis on |
professional development around child and family mental |
health and wellness services. 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.
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(7) Supporting the design, implementation, and |
evaluation of a quality-driven children's mental health |
system of care across all child services that prevents |
mental health concerns and mitigates trauma. |
Recommendations for facilitating research on best |
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practices and
model programs, and dissemination of this |
information to Illinois
policymakers, practitioners, and |
the general public through training,
technical assistance, |
and educational materials.
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(8) Improving the system to more effectively meet the |
emergency and residential placement needs for all children |
with severe mental and behavioral challenges. |
Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted public
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awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental illness |
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educate families, the general public, and other key |
audiences about the
benefits of children's social and |
emotional development, and how to
access services.
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(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 and reporting systems. |
(10) Recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth |
receive mental health education and have access to mental |
health care in the school setting. In developing these |
recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership |
created under subsection (b) shall consult with the State |
Board of Education, education practitioners, including, |
but not limited to, administrators, regional |
superintendents of schools,
teachers, and school support |
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personnel, health care
professionals, including mental |
health professionals and child health leaders, disability |
advocates, and other representatives as necessary to |
ensure the interests of all students are represented.
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(b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter |
referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership |
shall have the responsibility of
developing and updating the |
Children's Mental Health Plan and advising the relevant State |
agencies on implementation of the Plan. The Children's Mental |
Health Partnership shall be comprised of the following |
members: |
(1) The Governor or his or her designee. |
(2) The Attorney General or his or her designee. |
(3) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services |
or his or her designee. |
(4) The State Superintendent of Education or his or |
her designee. |
(5) The Director of the Department of Children and |
Family Services or his or her designee. |
(6) The Director of the Department of Healthcare and |
Family Services or his or her designee. |
(7) The Director of the Department of Public Health or |
his or her designee. |
(8) The Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice |
or his or her designee. |
(9) The Executive Director of the Governor's Office of |
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Early Childhood Development or his or her designee. |
(10) The Director of the Criminal Justice Information |
Authority or his or her designee. |
(11) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the Speaker of the House. |
(12) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the President of the Senate. |
(13) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the Minority Leader of the Senate. |
(14) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the Minority Leader of the House. |
(15) Up to 25 representatives from the public |
reflecting a diversity of age, gender identity, race, |
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geographic location, |
to be appointed by the Governor. Those public members |
appointed under this paragraph must include, but are not |
limited to: |
(A) a family member or individual with lived |
experience in the children's mental health system; |
(B) a child advocate; |
(C) a community mental health expert, |
practitioner, or provider; |
(D) a representative of a statewide association |
representing a majority of hospitals in the State; |
(E) an early childhood expert or practitioner; |
(F) a representative from the K-12 school system; |
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(G) a representative from the healthcare sector; |
(H) a substance use prevention expert or |
practitioner, or a representative of a statewide |
association representing community-based mental health |
substance use disorder treatment providers in the |
State; |
(I) a violence prevention expert or practitioner; |
(J) a representative from the juvenile justice |
system; |
(K) a school social worker; and |
(L) a representative of a statewide organization |
representing pediatricians. |
(16) Two co-chairs appointed by the Governor, one |
being a representative from the public and one being a |
representative from the State. |
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The members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed |
for 4 years with one opportunity for reappointment, except as |
otherwise provided for in this subsection. Members who were |
appointed by the Governor and are serving on the effective |
date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly |
shall maintain their appointment until the term of their |
appointment has expired. For new appointments made pursuant to |
this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, members |
shall be appointed for one-year, two-year, or four-year terms, |
as determined by the Governor, with no more than 9 of the |
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Governor's new or existing appointees serving the same term. |
Those new appointments serving a one-year or 2-year term may |
be appointed to 2 additional 4-year terms. If a vacancy occurs |
in the Partnership membership, the vacancy shall be filled in |
the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder |
of the term. |
The Partnership shall be convened no later than January |
31, 2023 to discuss the changes in this amendatory Act of the |
102nd General Assembly. |
The members of the Partnership shall serve without |
compensation but may be entitled to reimbursement for all |
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their |
official duties as members of the Partnership from funds |
appropriated for that purpose. |
The Partnership may convene and appoint special committees |
or study groups to operate under the direction of the |
Partnership. Persons appointed to such special committees or |
study groups shall only receive reimbursement for reasonable |
expenses. |
monitoring the implementation of the Children's Mental
Health |
Plan as approved by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
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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
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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
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Representatives and the President of the Senate, respectively. |
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Governor shall appoint the Partnership Chair and shall |
designate a
Governor's staff liaison to work with the |
Partnership.
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(c) (Blank). 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 Partnership shall submit an
annual report to |
the Governor on the progress of Plan implementation
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recommendations for revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and |
annual reports submitted in subsequent years shall include
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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.
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(d) The Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership has |
the following powers and duties: |
(1) Conducting research assessments to determine the |
needs and gaps of programs, services, and policies that |
touch children's mental health. |
(2) Developing policy statements for interagency |
cooperation to cover all aspects of mental health |
delivery, including social determinants of health, |
prevention, early identification, and treatment. |
(3) Recommending policies and provide information on |
effective programs for delivery of mental health services. |
(4) Using funding from federal, state, or |
philanthropic partners, to fund pilot programs or research |
activities to resource innovative practices by |
organizational partners that will address children's |
mental health. However, the Partnership may not provide |
direct services. |
(5) Submitting an annual report, on or before December |
30 of each year, to the Governor and the General Assembly |
on the progress of the Plan, any recommendations regarding |
State policies, laws, or rules necessary to fulfill the |
purposes of the Act, and any additional recommendations |
regarding mental or behavioral health that the Partnership |
deems necessary. |
(6) Employing an Executive Director and setting the |
compensation of the Executive Director and other such |
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employees and technical assistance as it deems necessary |
to carry out its duties under this Section. |
The Partnership may designate a fiscal and administrative |
agent that can accept funds to carry out its duties as outlined |
in this Section. |
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall |
provide technical and administrative support for the |
Partnership. |
(e) The Partnership may accept monetary gifts or grants |
from the federal government or any agency thereof, from any |
charitable foundation or professional association, or from any |
reputable source for implementation of any program necessary |
or desirable to carry out the powers and duties as defined |
under this Section. |
(f) On or before January 1, 2027, the Partnership shall |
submit recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly |
that includes recommended updates to the Act to reflect the |
current mental health landscape in this State. |
(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-116, eff. 7-23-21.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
1, 2023.
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