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1		AN ACT concerning State government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
5		by adding Section 10-16 as follows:
6		(20 ILCS 1305/10-16 new)
7		Sec. 10-16. Home visiting program.
8		(a) The General Assembly finds that research-informed home
9		visiting programs work to strengthen families' functioning and
10		support parents in caring for their children to ensure optimal
11		child development.
12		(b) The Department shall establish a home visiting program
13		to support communities in providing intensive home visiting
14		programs to pregnant persons and families with children from
15		birth up to elementary school enrollment. Services shall be
16		offered on a voluntary basis to families. In awarding grants
17		under the program, the Department shall prioritize populations
18		or communities in need of such services, as determined by the
19		Department, based on data including, but not limited to,
20		statewide home visiting needs assessments. Eligibility under
21		the program shall also take into consideration requirements of
22		the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
23		Visiting Program and Head Start and Early Head Start to ensure

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1		appropriate alignment. The overall goals for these services
2		are to:
3		(1) improve maternal and newborn health;
4		(2) prevent child abuse and neglect;
5		(3) promote children's development and readiness to
6		participate in school; and
7		(4) connect families to needed community resources and
8		supports.
9		(b) Allowable uses of funding include:
10		(1) Grants to community-based organizations to
11		implement home visiting and family support services with
12		fidelity to research-informed home visiting program
13		models, as defined by the Department. Services may
14		include, but are not limited to:
15		(A) personal visits with a child and the child's
16		parent or caregiver at a periodicity aligned with the
17		model being implemented;
18		(B) opportunities for connections with other
19		parents and caregivers in their community and other
20		social and community supports;
21		(C) enhancements to research-informed home
22		visiting program models based on community needs
23		including doula services, and other program
24		innovations as approved by the Department; and
25		(D) referrals to other resources needed by
26		families.

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1		(2) Infrastructure supports for grantees, including,
2		but not limited to, professional development for the
3		workforce, technical assistance and capacity-building,
4		data system and supports, infant and early childhood
5		mental health consultation, trauma-informed practices,
6		research, universal newborn screening, and coordinated
7		intake.
8		(c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall award
9		grants to community-based agencies in accordance with this
10		Section and any other rules that may be adopted by the
11		Department. Successful grantees under this program shall
12		comply with policies and procedures on program, data, and
13		expense reporting as developed by the Department.
14		(d) Funds received under this Section shall supplement,
15		not supplant, other existing or new federal, State, or local
16		sources of funding for these services. Any new federal funding
17		received shall supplement and not supplant funding for this
18		program.
19		(e) The Department shall collaborate with relevant
20		agencies to support the coordination and alignment of home
21		visiting services provided through other State and federal
22		funds, to the extent possible. The Department shall
23		collaborate with the State Board of Education, the Department
24		of Healthcare and Family Services, and Head Start and Early
25		Head Start in the implementation of these services to support
26		alignment with home visiting services provided through the

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1		Early Childhood Block Grant and the State's Medical Assistance
2		Program, respectively, to the extent possible.
3		(f) An advisory committee shall advise the Department
4		concerning the implementation of the home visiting program.
5		The advisory committee shall make recommendations on policy
6		and implementation. The Department shall determine whether the
7		advisory committee shall be a newly created body or an
8		existing body such as a committee of the Illinois Early
9		Learning Council. The advisory committee shall consist of one
10		or more representatives of the Department, other members
11		representing public and private entities that serve and
12		interact with the families served under the home visiting
13		program, with the input of families engaged in home visiting
14		or related services themselves. Family input may be secured by
15		engaging families as members of this advisory committee or as
16		a separate committee of family representatives.
17		(g) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to
18		implement this Section.