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| Public Act 102-0116
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| HB0212 Enrolled | LRB102 10171 CMG 15493 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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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 Section 5 as follows:
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(405 ILCS 49/5)
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Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
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(a) The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's |
Mental Health Plan
containing short-term and long-term |
recommendations to provide
comprehensive, coordinated mental
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health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services |
for children from
birth through age 18. This Plan
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include but not be limited to:
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(1) 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) 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) Protocols for implementing screening and |
assessment of children prior
to any admission to an |
inpatient hospital for psychiatric services,
pursuant to |
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subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public |
Aid
Code.
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(4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for |
children's mental
health prevention, early intervention, |
and treatment across all State
agencies.
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(5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for |
integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for |
children's mental health.
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(6) 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) Recommendations for facilitating research on best |
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) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted |
public
awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental |
illness and
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 |
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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 |
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 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 |
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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. |
The
Governor shall appoint the Partnership Chair and shall |
designate a
Governor's staff liaison to work with the |
Partnership.
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(c) 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
and recommendations for |
revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and annual reports |
submitted in subsequent years shall include
estimates of |
savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
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Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal |
financial participation
received under subsection (b) of
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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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(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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