Full Text of SB3889 102nd General Assembly
SB3889ham005 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Natalie A. Manley Filed: 3/28/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3889
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3889 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 1 and 5 as follows:
| 6 | | (405 ILCS 49/1)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 8 | | Children's Mental
Health
Act of 2003 .
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 93-495, eff. 8-8-03.)
| 10 | | (405 ILCS 49/5)
| 11 | | Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Partnership; Children's | 12 | | Mental Health Plan.
| 13 | | (a) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter | 14 | | referred to as "the Partnership") created under Public Act | 15 | | 93-495 and continued under this amendatory Act of the 102nd |
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| 1 | | General Assembly shall advise State agencies on designing and | 2 | | implementing short-term and long-term strategies to provide | 3 | | comprehensive and coordinated services for children from birth | 4 | | to age 25 and their families with the goal of addressing | 5 | | children's mental health needs across a full continuum of | 6 | | care, including social determinants of health, prevention, | 7 | | early identification, and treatment. The recommended | 8 | | strategies shall build upon the recommendations in the | 9 | | Children's Mental Health Plan of 2022 and may include, but are | 10 | | not limited to, recommendations regarding the following: The | 11 | | State of Illinois shall develop a Children's Mental Health | 12 | | Plan
containing short-term and long-term recommendations to | 13 | | provide
comprehensive, coordinated mental
health prevention, | 14 | | early intervention, and treatment services for children from
| 15 | | birth through age 18. This Plan
shall include but not be | 16 | | limited to:
| 17 | | (1) Increasing public awareness on issues connected to | 18 | | children's mental health and wellness to decrease stigma, | 19 | | promote acceptance, and strengthen the ability of | 20 | | children, families, and communities to access supports. | 21 | | Coordinated provider services and interagency referral | 22 | | networks for
children from birth through age 18 to | 23 | | maximize resources and
minimize duplication of services.
| 24 | | (2) Coordination of programs, services, and policies | 25 | | across child-serving State agencies to best monitor and | 26 | | assess spending, as well as foster innovation of adaptive |
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| 1 | | or new practices. Guidelines for incorporating social and | 2 | | emotional development into
school learning standards and | 3 | | educational programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
| 4 | | (3) Funding and resources for children's mental health | 5 | | prevention, early identification, and treatment across | 6 | | child-serving State agencies. Protocols for implementing | 7 | | screening and assessment of children prior
to any | 8 | | admission to an inpatient hospital for psychiatric | 9 | | services,
pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of | 10 | | the Illinois Public Aid
Code.
| 11 | | (4) Facilitation of research on best practices and | 12 | | model programs and dissemination of this information to | 13 | | State policymakers, practitioners, and the general public. | 14 | | Recommendations regarding a State budget for children's | 15 | | mental
health prevention, early intervention, and | 16 | | treatment across all State
agencies.
| 17 | | (5) Monitoring programs, services, and policies | 18 | | addressing children's mental health and wellness. | 19 | | Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for | 20 | | integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for | 21 | | children's mental health.
| 22 | | (6) Growing, retaining, diversifying, and supporting | 23 | | the child-serving workforce, with special emphasis on | 24 | | professional development around child and family mental | 25 | | health and wellness services. Recommendations for building | 26 | | a qualified and adequately trained
workforce prepared to |
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| 1 | | provide mental health services for children
from birth | 2 | | through age 18 and their families.
| 3 | | (7) Supporting the design, implementation, and | 4 | | evaluation of a quality-driven children's mental health | 5 | | system of care across all child services that prevents | 6 | | mental health concerns and mitigates trauma. | 7 | | Recommendations for facilitating research on best | 8 | | practices and
model programs, and dissemination of this | 9 | | information to Illinois
policymakers, practitioners, and | 10 | | the general public through training,
technical assistance, | 11 | | and educational materials.
| 12 | | (8) Improving the system to more effectively meet the | 13 | | emergency and residential placement needs for all children | 14 | | with severe mental and behavioral challenges. | 15 | | Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted public
| 16 | | awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental illness | 17 | | and
educate families, the general public, and other key | 18 | | audiences about the
benefits of children's social and | 19 | | emotional development, and how to
access services.
| 20 | | (9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven | 21 | | children's mental
health system with shared accountability | 22 | | among key State agencies
and programs that conducts | 23 | | ongoing needs assessments, uses outcome
indicators and | 24 | | benchmarks to measure progress, and implements
quality | 25 | | data tracking and reporting systems. | 26 | | (10) Recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth |
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| 1 | | receive mental health education and have access to mental | 2 | | health care in the school setting. In developing these | 3 | | recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership | 4 | | created under subsection (b) shall consult with the State | 5 | | Board of Education, education practitioners, including, | 6 | | but not limited to, administrators, regional | 7 | | superintendents of schools,
teachers, and school support | 8 | | personnel, health care
professionals, including mental | 9 | | health professionals and child health leaders, disability | 10 | | advocates, and other representatives as necessary to | 11 | | ensure the interests of all students are represented.
| 12 | | (b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter | 13 | | referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership | 14 | | shall have the responsibility of
developing and updating the | 15 | | Children's Mental Health Plan and advising the relevant State | 16 | | agencies on implementation of the Plan. The Children's Mental | 17 | | Health Partnership shall be comprised of the following | 18 | | members: | 19 | | (1) The Governor or his or her designee. | 20 | | (2) The Attorney General or his or her designee. | 21 | | (3) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services | 22 | | or his or her designee. | 23 | | (4) The State Superintendent of Education or his or | 24 | | her designee. | 25 | | (5) The Director of the Department of Children and | 26 | | Family Services or his or her designee. |
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| 1 | | (6) The Director of the Department of Healthcare and | 2 | | Family Services or his or her designee. | 3 | | (7) The Director of the Department of Public Health or | 4 | | his or her designee. | 5 | | (8) The Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice | 6 | | or his or her designee. | 7 | | (9) The Executive Director of the Governor's Office of | 8 | | Early Childhood Development or his or her designee. | 9 | | (10) The Director of the Criminal Justice Information | 10 | | Authority or his or her designee. | 11 | | (11) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 12 | | the Speaker of the House. | 13 | | (12) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 14 | | the President of the Senate. | 15 | | (13) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 16 | | the Minority Leader of the Senate. | 17 | | (14) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 18 | | the Minority Leader of the House. | 19 | | (15) Up to 25 representatives from the public | 20 | | reflecting a diversity of age, gender identity, race, | 21 | | ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geographic location, | 22 | | to be appointed by the Governor. Those public members | 23 | | appointed under this paragraph must include, but are not | 24 | | limited to: | 25 | | (A) a family member or individual with lived | 26 | | experience in the children's mental health system; |
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| 1 | | (B) a child advocate; | 2 | | (C) a community mental health expert, | 3 | | practitioner, or provider; | 4 | | (D) a representative of a statewide association | 5 | | representing a majority of hospitals in the State; | 6 | | (E) an early childhood expert or practitioner; | 7 | | (F) a representative from the K-12 school system; | 8 | | (G) a representative from the healthcare sector; | 9 | | (H) a substance use prevention expert or | 10 | | practitioner, or a representative of a statewide | 11 | | association representing community-based mental health | 12 | | substance use disorder treatment providers in the | 13 | | State; | 14 | | (I) a violence prevention expert or practitioner; | 15 | | (J) a representative from the juvenile justice | 16 | | system; and | 17 | | (K) a school social worker. | 18 | | (16) Two co-chairs appointed by the Governor, one | 19 | | being a representative from the public and one being a | 20 | | representative from the State. | 21 | | The members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed | 22 | | for 4 years with one opportunity for reappointment, except as | 23 | | otherwise provided for in this subsection. Members who were | 24 | | appointed by the Governor and are serving on the effective | 25 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly | 26 | | shall maintain their appointment until the term of their |
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| 1 | | appointment has expired. For new appointments made pursuant to | 2 | | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, members | 3 | | shall be appointed for one-year, two-year, or four-year terms, | 4 | | as determined by the Governor, with no more than 9 of the | 5 | | Governor's new or existing appointees serving the same term. | 6 | | Those new appointments serving a one-year or 2-year term may | 7 | | be appointed to 2 additional 4-year terms. If a vacancy occurs | 8 | | in the Partnership membership, the vacancy shall be filled in | 9 | | the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder | 10 | | of the term. | 11 | | The Partnership shall be convened no later than January | 12 | | 31, 2023 to discuss the changes in this amendatory Act of the | 13 | | 102nd General Assembly. | 14 | | The members of the Partnership shall serve without | 15 | | compensation but may be entitled to reimbursement for all | 16 | | necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their | 17 | | official duties as members of the Partnership from funds | 18 | | appropriated for that purpose. | 19 | | The Partnership may convene and appoint special committees | 20 | | or study groups to operate under the direction of the | 21 | | Partnership. Persons appointed to such special committees or | 22 | | study groups shall only receive reimbursement for reasonable | 23 | | expenses. | 24 | | monitoring the implementation of the Children's Mental
Health | 25 | | Plan as approved by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
| 26 | | Partnership shall be comprised of: the Secretary of Human |
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| 1 | | Services or his or
her designee; the State Superintendent of | 2 | | Education or his or her
designee; the directors of the | 3 | | departments of Children and Family
Services, Healthcare and | 4 | | Family Services, Public Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their
| 5 | | designees;
the head of the Illinois Violence Prevention | 6 | | Authority, or his or her
designee; the Attorney General or his | 7 | | or her designee; up to 25
representatives of community mental | 8 | | health authorities and statewide mental
health, children and | 9 | | family advocacy,
early childhood, education, health, substance | 10 | | abuse, violence prevention,
and juvenile justice organizations | 11 | | or associations, to be appointed by the
Governor; and 2 | 12 | | members of each caucus of the House of
Representatives and | 13 | | Senate appointed by the Speaker of the House of
| 14 | | Representatives and the President of the Senate, respectively. | 15 | | The
Governor shall appoint the Partnership Chair and shall | 16 | | designate a
Governor's staff liaison to work with the | 17 | | Partnership.
| 18 | | (c) (Blank). The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary | 19 | | Plan to the Governor on
September 30, 2004 and shall submit the | 20 | | Final Plan on June 30, 2005.
Thereafter, on September 30 of | 21 | | each year, the Partnership shall submit an
annual report to | 22 | | the Governor on the progress of Plan implementation
and | 23 | | recommendations for revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and | 24 | | annual reports submitted in subsequent years shall include
| 25 | | estimates of savings achieved in prior fiscal years under | 26 | | subsection (a) of
Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid |
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| 1 | | Code and federal financial participation
received under | 2 | | subsection (b) of
Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department | 3 | | of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide
technical | 4 | | assistance in developing these estimates and reports.
| 5 | | (d) The Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership has | 6 | | the following powers and duties: | 7 | | (1) Conducting research assessments to determine the | 8 | | needs and gaps of programs, services, and policies that | 9 | | touch children's mental health. | 10 | | (2) Developing policy statements for interagency | 11 | | cooperation to cover all aspects of mental health | 12 | | delivery, including social determinants of health, | 13 | | prevention, early identification, and treatment. | 14 | | (3) Recommending policies and provide information on | 15 | | effective programs for delivery of mental health services. | 16 | | (4) Using funding from federal, state, or | 17 | | philanthropic partners, to fund pilot programs or research | 18 | | activities to resource innovative practices by | 19 | | organizational partners that will address children's | 20 | | mental health. However, the Partnership may not provide | 21 | | direct services. | 22 | | (5) Submitting an annual report, on or before December | 23 | | 30 of each year, to the Governor and the General Assembly | 24 | | on the progress of the Plan, any recommendations regarding | 25 | | State policies, laws, or rules necessary to fulfill the | 26 | | purposes of the Act, and any additional recommendations |
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| 1 | | regarding mental or behavioral health that the Partnership | 2 | | deems necessary. | 3 | | (6) Employing an Executive Director and setting the | 4 | | compensation of the Executive Director and other such | 5 | | employees and technical assistance as it deems necessary | 6 | | to carry out its duties under this Section. | 7 | | The Partnership may designate a fiscal and administrative | 8 | | agent that can accept funds to carry out its duties as outlined | 9 | | in this Section. | 10 | | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | 11 | | provide technical and administrative support for the | 12 | | Partnership. | 13 | | (e) The Partnership may accept monetary gifts or grants | 14 | | from the federal government or any agency thereof, from any | 15 | | charitable foundation or professional association, or from any | 16 | | reputable source for implementation of any program necessary | 17 | | or desirable to carry out the powers and duties as defined | 18 | | under this Section. | 19 | | (f) On or before January 1, 2027, the Partnership shall | 20 | | submit recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly | 21 | | that includes recommended updates to the Act to reflect the | 22 | | current mental health landscape in this State. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-116, eff. 7-23-21.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 25 | | 1, 2023.".
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