Full Text of HB4758 103rd General Assembly
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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 Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 2.2 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/2.2) | 7 | | Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for | 8 | | placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31 | 9 | | of each year thereafter, the Department shall prepare and | 10 | | submit an annual report, covering the previous fiscal year, to | 11 | | the General Assembly regarding youth in care waiting for | 12 | | placements or psychiatric hospitalization. The report shall | 13 | | also be posted on the Department's website. The report shall | 14 | | include: | 15 | | (1) the number of youth in care who remained in | 16 | | emergency placements, including but not limited to | 17 | | shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30 | 18 | | days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement | 19 | | type, the total length of time each youth remained in | 20 | | emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and | 21 | | whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | 22 | | after they were removed from the emergency placement, and | 23 | | if not, what type of placement they were placed in; |
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| 1 | | (2) the number of youth in care who remained in | 2 | | psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically | 3 | | ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever | 4 | | is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended | 5 | | placement type, the total length of time each youth | 6 | | remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity, | 7 | | the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were | 8 | | placed in the recommended placement type after they were | 9 | | removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what | 10 | | type of placement they were placed in; | 11 | | (3) the number of youth in care who remained in a | 12 | | detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice | 13 | | facility solely because the Department cannot locate an | 14 | | appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and | 15 | | ages, their recommended placement type, the total length | 16 | | of time each youth remained in the detention center or | 17 | | Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could | 18 | | have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and | 19 | | whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | 20 | | after being released from detention of the Juvenile | 21 | | Justice facility, and if not, what type of placement they | 22 | | were placed in; | 23 | | (3.1) the number of youth in care placed in | 24 | | out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether | 25 | | each youth was referred to any in-state programs for | 26 | | placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for |
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| 1 | | each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state | 2 | | programs; whether the youth was psychiatrically | 3 | | hospitalized beyond medical necessity prior to being sent | 4 | | out of state; the state each youth is placed in; and | 5 | | whether the youth is placed in a secure facility out of | 6 | | state; | 7 | | (3.2) the number of youth not in the temporary custody | 8 | | or guardianship of the Department who are or were the | 9 | | subjects of child protection investigations coded as 84b | 10 | | (lock-out, psychiatrically hospitalized) under the | 11 | | Department's Neglect Allegation Classification system, | 12 | | including youth for whom the Department is required to | 13 | | make payments in accordance with Section 5-5.07 of the | 14 | | Illinois Public Aid Code because they were hospitalized in | 15 | | inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond | 16 | | medical necessity during the Department's involvement with | 17 | | the case. At a minimum, the report shall include the | 18 | | following information regarding each youth: age, region, | 19 | | date of hospitalization, date the youth was beyond medical | 20 | | necessity, date and reason for the Department's | 21 | | involvement, length of time the youth was beyond medical | 22 | | necessity, whether the youth was referred for services | 23 | | under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' | 24 | | Family Support Program, whether the youth was referred for | 25 | | intact family services, whether and when the Department | 26 | | petitioned for custody of the youth, and the youth's |
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| 1 | | living arrangement upon being discharged from the | 2 | | hospital; | 3 | | (3.3) the number of youth in care who remain in | 4 | | emergency rooms for longer than 24 hours waiting for | 5 | | admission to a psychiatric hospital bed. At a minimum, the | 6 | | report shall include the following information regarding | 7 | | each youth: age, region, date of admission to the | 8 | | emergency room, length of time the youth was in the | 9 | | emergency room, date and time the youth was discharged | 10 | | from the emergency room, hospital or placement the youth | 11 | | was discharged to, and a description of any critical | 12 | | incidents that occurred during the hospitalization, | 13 | | including, but not limited to, the use of emergency | 14 | | psychotropic medication or the use of any type of | 15 | | restraint ; . | 16 | | (3.4) the number of youth in care who remained | 17 | | overnight in temporary living spaces not licensed under | 18 | | the Child Care Act of 1969 solely because the Department | 19 | | cannot locate an appropriate placement for the youth. | 20 | | Temporary living spaces not authorized under the Child | 21 | | Care Act of 1969 include, but are not limited to, | 22 | | Department or licensed child welfare agency offices or | 23 | | welcome centers. As used in this paragraph, "remaining | 24 | | overnight" means being present in the temporary living | 25 | | space at 1:00 a.m. At a minimum, the report shall include | 26 | | the following information regarding each youth: age, |
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| 1 | | region, date of stay, length of time the youth was in the | 2 | | temporary living space, date and time the youth was moved | 3 | | from the temporary living space, the reason for the youth | 4 | | remaining overnight, and the type of placement or setting | 5 | | the youth was in immediately after leaving the temporary | 6 | | living space. The report shall reflect the number of | 7 | | unique youth involved, the number of episodes that | 8 | | occurred fitting the criteria, and the number of unique | 9 | | youth involved in multiple episodes; | 10 | | (4) a description of how the Department collected the | 11 | | information reported and any difficulties the Department | 12 | | had in collecting the information and whether there are | 13 | | concerns about the validity of the information; and | 14 | | (5) a description of any steps the Department is | 15 | | taking to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in | 16 | | psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention | 17 | | centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for | 18 | | clinically appropriate placements. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-76, eff. 7-9-21.) | 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law. |
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