Full Text of SB0320 99th General Assembly
SB0320ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Sara Feigenholtz Filed: 5/10/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 320
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 320 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Mental Health Opportunities for Youth Diversion Task Force Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: | 7 | | (1)
an estimated 70% of youth who are arrested in the | 8 | | United States have a mental health disorder; | 9 | | (2) in many cases, this may contribute to the cause of | 10 | | their arrest or may remain undiagnosed as they progress through | 11 | | the juvenile justice system; | 12 | | (3) in Cook County, at least one study found that 60% of | 13 | | boys and 66% of girls detained in the Juvenile Temporary | 14 | | Detention Center met the diagnostic criteria for one or more | 15 | | psychiatric disorders; | 16 | | (4)
an appropriate system of care would be one in which |
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| 1 | | youth with identified mental health needs receive care through | 2 | | the health care system in the community rather than in the | 3 | | juvenile justice system; | 4 | | (5) while some youth are diverted to hospitals while they | 5 | | are in mental health crisis, often these youth do not require | 6 | | hospitalization but are funneled through these hospitals | 7 | | unnecessarily because of the lack of less intensive options | 8 | | available to receive intermediate care; | 9 | | (6)
youth in these situations often need a quick assessment | 10 | | and intermediate care, such as crisis intervention, | 11 | | counseling, or case management; | 12 | | (7) in contrast, a hospital assessment and a referral for | 13 | | later community treatment are unnecessarily costly and | 14 | | specialized; | 15 | | (8) youth with undiagnosed mental health issues may be | 16 | | arrested and processed through the juvenile justice system and | 17 | | only receive treatment once they are deep in the juvenile | 18 | | justice system; | 19 | | (9)
opportunities exist in several areas to eliminate | 20 | | barriers to community-based treatment for youth and increase | 21 | | diversion programming that allows youth to receive treatment | 22 | | and avoid further involvement with law enforcement or the | 23 | | juvenile justice system; and | 24 | | (10) establishing a Mental Health Opportunities for Youth | 25 | | Diversion Task Force to review best practices and guarantee | 26 | | cross-collaboration among government entities and community |
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| 1 | | partners is essential to eliminating these barriers and | 2 | | ensuring that youth in this State with mental health needs do | 3 | | not end up unnecessarily tangled in the juvenile justice | 4 | | system.
| 5 | | Section 10. Mental Health Opportunities for Youth | 6 | | Diversion Task Force. | 7 | | (a) There is created the Mental Health Opportunities for | 8 | | Youth Diversion Task Force within the Department of Human | 9 | | Services. The Task Force shall be composed of no more than 21 | 10 | | voting members including: | 11 | | (1) Two members of the House of Representatives, one | 12 | | appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives | 13 | | and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 14 | | Representatives. | 15 | | (2) Two members of the Senate, one appointed by the | 16 | | President of the Senate and one appointed by the Minority | 17 | | Leader of the Senate. | 18 | | (3) One representative of the Office of the Governor | 19 | | appointed by the Governor. | 20 | | (4) Twelve members of the public: | 21 | | (A) one representative from a health and hospital | 22 | | system, appointed by the Speaker of the
House of | 23 | | Representatives; | 24 | | (B) one representative from a community-based | 25 | | mental health provider that serve youth, appointed by |
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| 1 | | the President of the Senate; | 2 | | (C) one representative from a statewide youth | 3 | | juvenile justice advocacy organization, appointed by | 4 | | the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 5 | | (D) one representative of an organization that | 6 | | advocates for families and youth with mental illness, | 7 | | appointed by the President of the Senate; | 8 | | (E) one representative from an organization with | 9 | | expertise in Medicaid, health care, and juvenile | 10 | | justice, appointed by the President of the Senate; | 11 | | (F) one representative from law enforcement, | 12 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; | 13 | | (G) one representative from law enforcement from | 14 | | the Crises Intervention Team Training Unit, appointed | 15 | | by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | 16 | | (H) one representative from the juvenile division | 17 | | of a State's Attorney's office, appointed by the | 18 | | Minority Leader of the Senate; | 19 | | (I) one representative from the juvenile division | 20 | | of a Public Defender's office, appointed by the | 21 | | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | 22 | | (J) one representative from a clinical unit of | 23 | | juvenile community corrections, appointed by the | 24 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 25 | | (K) one representative from an organization that | 26 | | is a comprehensive community-based youth service |
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| 1 | | provider appointed by the House Minority Leader; and | 2 | | (L) one representative from a service provider | 3 | | with the Juvenile Redeploy Illinois Program appointed | 4 | | by the Senate Minority Leader. | 5 | | (5) The following 4 officials shall serve as ex-officio | 6 | | members: | 7 | | (A) one representative from the Department of | 8 | | Human Services Mental Health and Juvenile Justice | 9 | | Program, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services; | 10 | | (B) one representative from the Department of | 11 | | Human Services Comprehensive Community-Based Youth | 12 | | Services Program, appointed by the Secretary of Human | 13 | | Services; | 14 | | (C) the Director of Healthcare and Family | 15 | | Services, or his or her designee; and | 16 | | (D) one representative from the Administrative | 17 | | Office of the Illinois Courts, appointed by the | 18 | | Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois | 19 | | Courts. | 20 | | (b)
Members shall serve without compensation and are | 21 | | responsible for the cost of all reasonable and necessary travel | 22 | | expenses connected to Task Force business. The Task Force | 23 | | members shall not be reimbursed by the State for these costs.
| 24 | | Task Force members shall be appointed within 60 days after the | 25 | | effective date of this Act. The Task Force shall hold its | 26 | | initial meetings within 60 days after at least 50% of the |
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| 1 | | members have been appointed.
The representatives of the | 2 | | organization that advocates for families and youth with mental | 3 | | illness and one of the representatives from an organization | 4 | | with an expertise in Medicaid, health care, and juvenile | 5 | | justice shall serve as co-chairs of the Task Force.
At the | 6 | | first meeting of the Task Force, the members shall select a 5 | 7 | | person Steering Committee that includes the co-chairs.
The Task | 8 | | Force may establish committees that address specific issues or | 9 | | populations and may appoint individuals with relevant | 10 | | expertise who are not appointed members of the Task Force to | 11 | | serve on committees as needed. | 12 | | (c) The Task Force shall: | 13 | | (1) develop an action plan for State and local law | 14 | | enforcement and other agencies to divert youth in contact | 15 | | with law enforcement agencies that require mental health | 16 | | treatment into the appropriate health care setting rather | 17 | | than initial or further involvement in the juvenile justice | 18 | | system; | 19 | | (2) review existing evidence based models and best | 20 | | practices around diversion opportunities for youth with | 21 | | mental health needs from the point of police contact and | 22 | | initial contact with the juvenile justice system; | 23 | | (3) identify existing diversion programs across this | 24 | | State and highlight implemented programs demonstrating | 25 | | positive evidence based outcomes; | 26 | | (4) identify all funding sources which can be used |
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| 1 | | towards improving diversion outcomes for youth with mental | 2 | | health needs, including funds controlled by the State, | 3 | | funds controlled by counties, and funding within the health | 4 | | care system; | 5 | | (5) identify barriers to the implementation of | 6 | | evidence based diversion models and develop sustainable | 7 | | policies and programs to address these barriers; | 8 | | (6) recommend an action plan required by paragraph (1) | 9 | | of this subsection (c) that includes pilot programs and | 10 | | policy changes based on the research required by paragraphs | 11 | | (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection (c) for increasing the | 12 | | number of youth diverted into community-based mental | 13 | | health treatment rather than further engagement with the | 14 | | juvenile justice system; and | 15 | | (7) complete and deliver the action plan required by | 16 | | paragraph (1) of this subsection (c) with recommendations | 17 | | to the Governor and General Assembly within one year of the | 18 | | first meeting of the Task Force. | 19 | | (d) Upon the completion and delivery of the action plan to | 20 | | the Governor and General Assembly, the Task Force shall be | 21 | | dissolved.
| 22 | | Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on December 31, | 23 | | 2018.".
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