Full Text of SB2656 095th General Assembly
SB2656eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | 5 |
| by adding Section 10-60 as follows: | 6 |
| (20 ILCS 1305/10-60 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 10-60. Mental Health Work Group. | 8 |
| (a) The Department's Division of Mental Health under the | 9 |
| leadership of Secretary and as the State Mental Health | 10 |
| Authority, in an effort to develop and establish a | 11 |
| comprehensive State mental health plan for Illinois, to | 12 |
| coordinate all policy making in mental health, and to provide | 13 |
| oversight and assume monitoring responsibility for all mental | 14 |
| health programs and initiatives funded by the State and federal | 15 |
| agencies, shall convene and lead a Work Group composed of | 16 |
| directors of State agencies and principal stakeholders in the | 17 |
| public mental health system, including but not limited to: | 18 |
| (1) The Department of Human Services in the program | 19 |
| areas of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Community Health | 20 |
| and Prevention, Developmental Disabilities, Human Capital | 21 |
| Development, and Rehabilitation Services. | 22 |
| (2) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services. | 23 |
| (3) The Department of Corrections. |
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| (4) The Department of Juvenile Justice. | 2 |
| (5) The Department of Children and Family Services. | 3 |
| (6) The Department of Public Health. | 4 |
| (7) The Department on Aging. | 5 |
| (8) The State Board of Education. | 6 |
| The Work Group shall also include representatives of other | 7 |
| agencies and commissions of State government, including: | 8 |
| (9) The Illinois Housing Authority. | 9 |
| (10) The Illinois Violence Prevention Authority. | 10 |
| (11) The Criminal Justice Information Authority. | 11 |
| The Work Group shall also include adult consumers of mental | 12 |
| health services and parents of youth with serious emotional | 13 |
| disturbance. | 14 |
| The Work Group shall also include clinical practitioners, | 15 |
| academics, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders as deemed | 16 |
| appropriate by the mental health authority. | 17 |
| (b) The Department's Division of Mental Health, as the | 18 |
| State Mental Health Authority, shall have timely access to all | 19 |
| data, service reports, surveys, and other relevant data | 20 |
| maintained by any State agency purchasing or providing mental | 21 |
| health services. This access is deemed necessary by the State | 22 |
| Mental Health Authority to report on the status of the mental | 23 |
| health service system in Illinois. | 24 |
| (c) The Work Group is charged with designing Illinois' | 25 |
| mental health system to be more efficient and effective as well | 26 |
| as reduce redundancies in the delivery of services to persons |
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| with mental illnesses in the following ways: | 2 |
| (1) Conducting a thorough statewide needs assessment | 3 |
| and reporting on the current status of the mental health | 4 |
| system using data from all state agencies. | 5 |
| (2) Developing a comprehensive State mental health | 6 |
| plan. | 7 |
| (3) Identifying and implementing policy, | 8 |
| organizational, and financing changes required to | 9 |
| effectively carry out the State plan. | 10 |
| (4) Coordinating policy actions with other State | 11 |
| agencies and on all federal initiatives. | 12 |
| (5) Incorporating a children's mental health plan into | 13 |
| all planning activities. | 14 |
| (6) Establishing cross-departmental management teams | 15 |
| to address specific policy areas, address specific | 16 |
| transformation planning objectives, and implement and | 17 |
| monitor policy decisions. Specific focus shall be given to | 18 |
| cross-departmental management of the long-term care system | 19 |
| as the State moves to rebalancing services, shifting | 20 |
| resources to the community-based settings. | 21 |
| (d) The Work Group shall coordinate its policy and planning | 22 |
| activities with other State-federal initiative planning and | 23 |
| leadership groups. | 24 |
| (e) The "Illinois Comprehensive State Mental Health Plan" | 25 |
| shall include but need not be limited to the following: | 26 |
| (1) A review and analysis of all laws, rules and |
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| regulations, and programs and policies of the State of | 2 |
| Illinois and of the departments, commissions, boards, | 3 |
| agencies, and offices in the executive branch thereof, | 4 |
| which pertain to mental health care services and supports. | 5 |
| The analysis shall identify barriers to access and make | 6 |
| recommendations that will enable the residents of Illinois | 7 |
| who require assistance to access needed mental health care | 8 |
| services. | 9 |
| (2) The development of proposals for administrative | 10 |
| restructuring of existing and future programs, policies, | 11 |
| and procedures to improve the mental health care delivery | 12 |
| system, including non-medical services such as | 13 |
| transportation, housing, education, and vocational | 14 |
| assistance, that are necessary for recovery and productive | 15 |
| community-based living for persons with mental illnesses, | 16 |
| which are achievable within resources available to the | 17 |
| State. | 18 |
| (3) An analysis of programmatic, procedural, and | 19 |
| fiscal impacts of any policies or practices recommended for | 20 |
| adoption. | 21 |
| (4) Exploration of and recommendations as to methods to | 22 |
| secure sufficient funding, develop and manage cross-agency | 23 |
| (braided) funding, and administer and monitor all such | 24 |
| funding under the Division of Mental Health, as the State | 25 |
| Mental Health Authority, to provide community-based | 26 |
| services for persons needing mental health care services. |
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| (5) Recommendations on strategies to educate the | 2 |
| public regarding identification of mental health care | 3 |
| needs, effective treatments for mental illness, and | 4 |
| methods of accessing services. | 5 |
| (f) In conducting the assessment of the current system, | 6 |
| developing the Comprehensive State Mental Health Plan, and | 7 |
| executing other work of the group, the Work Group shall: | 8 |
| (1) Review and incorporate all relevant work in | 9 |
| progress or which has been completed by State departments, | 10 |
| various statewide task forces, councils, commissions, and | 11 |
| other bodies that have convened to address related mental | 12 |
| health care issues. | 13 |
| (2) Consider all existing studies, reports, and | 14 |
| settlement agreements related to the Illinois system of | 15 |
| mental health services and supports. | 16 |
| (3) Obtain input from a broad range of stakeholders, | 17 |
| including consumers, their family members, advocates, and | 18 |
| private providers of services. | 19 |
| (4) Use consultation from nationally recognized | 20 |
| experts and officials in other states in order to identify | 21 |
| promising or proven practices that are consumer-centered, | 22 |
| research-based, cost-effective, and applicable to | 23 |
| improving accessibility, capacity, quality, and financing | 24 |
| across all mental health care services and supports which | 25 |
| may be adaptable in Illinois. | 26 |
| (g) Upon approval of the Illinois Comprehensive State |
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| Mental Health Plan, the Work Group shall continue to meet | 2 |
| quarterly to review progress in the implementation of the plan | 3 |
| and shall revise the plan as needed based on lessons learned, | 4 |
| stakeholder input, and advancements in best practices for the | 5 |
| delivery of mental health care services. | 6 |
| (h) All departments, commissions, boards, offices, | 7 |
| entities, agencies, and officers of the State of Illinois, or | 8 |
| any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed | 9 |
| to cooperate with the implementation of this amendatory Act of | 10 |
| the 95th General Assembly.
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