Bill Text: IL HB2832 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services, in conjunction with the Department of Human Services, shall develop a comprehensive list of children and youth under the age of 18 who are diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities or with a mental illness and are referred to a children's group home, an Illinois public school, a therapeutic day school, or a private in-state or out-of-state residential program or hospital due to their need for behavioral health services and supports. Requires the Department to work in conjunction with other specified agencies to track the referrals, monitor any possible overlap between agencies, track funding streams, track the number of available facilities, staff, and beds, and establish clear processes and memoranda of understanding for the exchange of this information. Requires the Department to establish a Short-Term Stabilization Home Model for children and youth under the age of 18 who are diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities or with a mental illness and are receiving services under any home and community-based services waiver program authorized under the Social Security Act. Contains provisions concerning staffing requirements at each short-term stabilization home; referrals to the short-term stabilization homes; the established of a Transition to Adulthood Model that serves young adults from the age of 18 to the day before their 26th birthday; services provide under the Transition to Adulthood Model; and other matters. Effective July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-07 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Nabeela Syed [HB2832 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2832-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2832 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 505/5.48 new
20 ILCS 505/5.49 new
20 ILCS 505/5.50 new
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services, in conjunction with the Department of Human Services, shall develop a comprehensive list of children and youth under the age of 18 who are diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities or with a mental illness and are referred to a children's group home, an Illinois public school, a therapeutic day school, or a private in-state or out-of-state residential program or hospital due to their need for behavioral health services and supports. Requires the Department to work in conjunction with other specified agencies to track the referrals, monitor any possible overlap between agencies, track funding streams, track the number of available facilities, staff, and beds, and establish clear processes and memoranda of understanding for the exchange of this information. Requires the Department to establish a Short-Term Stabilization Home Model for children and youth under the age of 18 who are diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities or with a mental illness and are receiving services under any home and community-based services waiver program authorized under the Social Security Act. Contains provisions concerning staffing requirements at each short-term stabilization home; referrals to the short-term stabilization homes; the established of a Transition to Adulthood Model that serves young adults from the age of 18 to the day before their 26th birthday; services provide under the Transition to Adulthood Model; and other matters. Effective July 1, 2023.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
by adding Sections 5.48, 5.49, and 5.50 as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/5.48 new)
Sec. 5.48. Behavioral health referrals; agency monitoring.
The Department of Children and Family Services, in conjunction
with the Department of Human Services, shall develop a
comprehensive list of children and youth under the age of 18
who are diagnosed with intellectual and developmental
disabilities or with a mental illness and are referred to a
children's group home, an Illinois public school, a
therapeutic day school, or a private in-state or out-of-state
residential program or hospital due to their need for
behavioral health services and supports.
The Department of Children and Family Services shall work
in conjunction with the Department of Human Services, the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the State Board
of Education, and the Department of Juvenile Justice to track
the referrals, monitor any possible overlap between agencies,
track funding streams, track the number of available
facilities, staff, and beds, and establish clear processes and

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memoranda of understanding for the exchange of this
information.
(20 ILCS 505/5.49 new)
Sec. 5.49. Short-Term Stabilization Home Model.
The Department of Children and Family Services, in
conjunction with the Department of Human Services and the
State Board of Education, shall establish a Short-Term
Stabilization Home Model for children and youth under the age
of 18 who are diagnosed with intellectual and developmental
disabilities or with a mental illness and are receiving
services under any home and community-based services waiver
program authorized under Section 1915(c) of the Social
Security Act.
The Short-Term Stabilization Home Model shall serve
eligible children and youth who have behavioral challenges
that have not been stabilized despite interventions to support
such children and youth in their communities. Under the model,
eligible children and youth shall not stay in a short-term
stabilization home for more than 90 days. Each short-term
stabilization home in the model shall be staffed by the
following personnel:
(1) board-certified behavior analysts;
(2) qualified intellectual disabilities
professionals;
(3) registered nurses;

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(4) direct support persons;
(5) registered behavior technicians; and
(6) consulting psychiatrists.
The Department of Children and Family Services, the
Department of Human Services, and the State Board of
Education, in conjunction with local school districts, shall
be responsible for making referrals to the short-term
stabilization homes.
The Department of Children and Family Services shall
ensure all children and youth under the age of 18 with
intellectual and developmental disabilities or with a mental
illness, regardless of funding streams, have access to the
short-term stabilization home model. The Department shall work
in conjunction with individual service coordination agencies
in the child or youth's geographic area to identify potential
short-term stabilization home participants.
(20 ILCS 505/5.50 new)
Sec. 5.50. Transition to Adulthood Model.
(a) The Department of Children and Family Services, in
conjunction with the Department of Human Services and the
State Board of Education, shall establish a Transition to
Adulthood Model as an intensive transition program that serves
young adults from the age of 18 to the day before their 26th
birthday.
(b) The Transition to Adulthood Model shall include

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educational services so that young adults receiving services
under the model can learn how to navigate within their own
community, use public transportation, plan and purchase meals,
self-advocate, plan social activities, and attend institutions
of higher learning, among other social activities.
The Transition to Adulthood Model shall also emphasize
transition-to-adulthood planning to facilitate young adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities into their
adult living arrangement and to prepare them to live as
independently as possible within their own communities, while
also emphasizing the intermittent supports they need to
thrive. Young adults receiving services under the model shall
be evaluated on an individual basis and strategies shall be
based on person-centered planning.
Each young adult shall have an individualized transition
plan in which transition specialists ensure communication,
visits, and social engagements with other individuals (staff
and peers) within the identified adult provider agency.
(c) The Transition to Adulthood Model shall employ
transition specialists with job coaching skills to create a
support replacement plan to ensure benchmarks toward
independence are met by young adults receiving services under
the model. These transition specialists shall have specialized
training in transition and independence planning. A transition
specialist, in collaboration with work site employees, shall
work with a young adult toward helping the young adult achieve

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job independence.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2023.