(20 ILCS 1340/25)
    Sec. 25. Development of Network plans. Each Network shall develop a plan for its respective region that addresses the following:
        (a) Inventory of all mental health and substance use
    
disorder services, primary health care facilities and services, private hospitals, State-operated psychiatric hospitals, long-term care facilities, social services, transportation services, and any services available to serve persons with mental and substance use illnesses.
        (b) Identification of unmet community needs,
    
including, but not limited to, the following:
            (1) Waiting lists in community mental health and
        
substance use disorder services.
            (2) Hospital emergency department use by persons
        
with mental and substance use illnesses, including volume, length of stay, and challenges associated with obtaining psychiatric assessment.
            (3) Difficulty obtaining admission to inpatient
        
facilities, and reasons therefor.
            (4) Availability of primary care providers in the
        
community, including Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Centers.
            (5) Availability of psychiatrists and mental
        
health professionals.
            (6) Transportation issues.
            (7) Other.
        (c) Identification of opportunities to improve access
    
to mental and substance use disorder services through the integration of specialty behavioral health services with primary care, including, but not limited to, the following:
            (1) Availability of Federally Qualified Health
        
Centers in community with mental health staff.
            (2) Development of accountable care organizations
        
or other primary care entities.
            (3) Availability of acute care hospitals with
        
specialized psychiatric capacity.
            (4) Community providers with an interest in
        
collaborating with acute care providers.
        (d) Development of a plan to address community needs,
    
including a specific timeline for implementation of specific objectives and establishment of evaluation measures. The comprehensive plan should include the complete continuum of behavioral health services, including, but not limited to, the following:
            (1) Prevention.
            (2) Client assessment and diagnosis.
            (3) An array of outpatient behavioral health
        
services.
            (4) Case coordination.
            (5) Crisis and emergency services.
            (6) Treatment, including inpatient psychiatric
        
services in public and private hospitals.
            (7) Long-term care facilities.
            (8) Community residential alternatives to
        
institutional settings.
            (9) Primary care services.
(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)