103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

State of Illinois

 

2023 and 2024   

HB5280

 

Introduced 2/9/2024,  by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

 

Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Supreme Court for mental health and substance abuse services provided by local probation departments and the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services. Appropriates $9,000,000 to the Supreme Court for the establishment and maintenance of crisis intervention mental health care units. Effective July 1, 2024.

 

 

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    AN ACT concerning appropriations.

 

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

 

    Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Supreme Court for the objects and purposes hereinafter named:

  For reimbursement to local Probation

   Departments for mental health expenses

   for Medicaid-eligible individuals on

   probation caseloads and on

   problem-solving court caseloads.............. $ 25,000,000

  For reimbursement to local Probation

    Departments for mental health expenses

    for juveniles on probation caseloads and

    in juvenile detention centers................. $4,000,000

  For reimbursement to local Probation

    Departments or the Office

    of Statewide Pretrial Services for mental

    health services for individuals on pretrial

    caseloads................................... $4,000,000

  For reimbursement to local Probation

    Departments and the Office of

    Statewide Pretrial Services for

    substance abuse services for

    individuals on pretrial caseloads............ $6,000,000

    Total                                        $39,000,000

 

    Section 10.  The amount of $9,000,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Supreme Court for the establishment and maintenance of crisis intervention mental health care units for regional use and availability by probation departments for adults and juveniles or by the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services for adults in need of immediate care and placement.    

 

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.