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| Public Act 102-0834 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Custody Relinquishment Prevention Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 540/15)
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Sec. 15. Interagency agreement. | ||||
(a) In order to intercept and divert children and youth at | ||||
risk of custody relinquishment to the Department of Children | ||||
and Family Services, within 180 days after the effective date | ||||
of this Act, the Department of Children of Family Services, | ||||
the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare | ||||
and Family Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, | ||||
the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of | ||||
Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement for | ||||
the purpose of preventing children and youth who are not | ||||
otherwise abused or neglected from entering the custody or | ||||
guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services | ||||
solely for purposes of receiving services for a serious mental | ||||
illness or serious emotional disturbance. | ||||
The intergovernmental agreement shall require the agencies | ||||
listed in this Section to establish an interagency clinical | ||||
team to review cases of children and youth who are at risk of | ||||
relinquishment who are at a hospital or other similar | ||
treatment facility, and to connect the child or youth and his | ||
or her family with the appropriate services, treatment, and | ||
support to stabilize the child or youth's serious mental | ||
illness or serious emotional disturbance and prevent custody | ||
relinquishment to the Department of Children and Family | ||
Services. | ||
The interagency agreement, among other things, shall | ||
address all of the following: | ||
(1) Requiring families with private health insurance | ||
to exhaust their private insurance coverage. | ||
(2) Establishing cost sharing for services received | ||
for families whose income exceeds the federal poverty | ||
level that would qualify them for Medicaid, based on the | ||
family's ability to pay. | ||
(3) For children or youth who are not otherwise | ||
Medicaid eligible, performing a crisis stabilization | ||
assessment and developing a care plan for the child or | ||
youth and the family with the goal of determining what | ||
services are necessary to (i) stabilize the child or youth | ||
and (ii) prevent custody relinquishment to the Department | ||
of Children and Family Services when there is no abuse or | ||
neglect. | ||
(4) Set criteria for short-term crisis stabilization | ||
services, including intensive community-based services or | ||
a short-term residential placement, as the child or | ||
youth's treatment plan is being developed.
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(b) The Department of Children and Family Services, the | ||
Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and | ||
Family Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, the | ||
Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Public | ||
Health shall enter into a 5-year extension of the interagency | ||
agreement required by Public Act 98-808. | ||
(Source: P.A. 98-808, eff. 1-1-15.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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