HB2897 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 08398 CPF 53468 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2897

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers - LaToya Greenwood - Rita Mayfield

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-455 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall investigate and apply for federal funding opportunities, including, but not limited to, a specified federal grant, to support maternal mental health, to the extent that programs are financed, in whole, by federal funds. Provides that the Department shall file a report with the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2021 of the Department's efforts to secure and utilize the federal funding it receives from its efforts. Provides that the amendatory Act's provisions are repealed on January 1, 2022.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-455 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-455 new)

Sec. 2310-455. Federal funding to support maternal mental health.

(a) The Department shall investigate and apply for federal funding opportunities, including, but not limited to, the grant available under Section 10005 of the federal 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114-146), to support maternal mental health, to the extent that programs are financed, in whole, by federal funds.

(b) The Department shall file a report with the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2021 of the Department's efforts to secure and utilize the federal funding it receives from the requirement specified in subsection (a).

(c) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.