Public Act 094-0034
 		





HB0759 Enrolled
LRB094 07435 AJO 37597 b






    AN ACT concerning children. 

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
by adding Section 5.25 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 505/5.25  new)
    Sec. 5.25. Behavioral health services.

    (a) Every child in the care of the Department of Children 
and Family Services under this Act shall receive the necessary 
behavioral health services including but not limited to: mental 
health services, trauma services, substance abuse services, 
and developmental disabilities services. The provision of 
these services may be provided in milieu including but not 
limited to: integrated assessment, treatment plans, individual 
and group therapy, specialized foster care, community based 
programming, licensed residential services, psychosocial 
rehabilitation, screening assessment and support services, 
hospitalization,  and transitional planning and referral to the 
Department of Human Services for appropriate services when the 
child reaches adulthood.

Services shall be appropriate to meet 
the needs of the individual child and may be provided to the 
child at the site of the program, facility, or foster home or 
at an otherwise appropriate location.  A program facility, or 
home, shall assist the Department staff in arranging for a 
child to receive behavioral health services from an outside 
provider when those services are necessary to meet the child's 
needs and the child wishes to receive them.
    (b) Not later than January 1, 2006, the Department shall 
file a proposed rule or a proposed amendment to an existing 
rule regarding the provision of behavioral health services to 
children who have serious behavioral health needs.  The proposal 
shall address, but is not limited to, the implementation of the 
following: integrated assessment, treatment plans, individual 
and group therapy, specialized foster care, community based 
programming, licensed residential services, psychosocial 
rehabilitation, hospitalization, and transitional planning and 
referral to the Department of Human Services for appropriate 
services when the child reaches adulthood.
    (c) In preparation for the comprehensive implementation of 
the behavioral health system, the Department shall also prepare 
an assessment of behavioral health community services 
available to the Department in the State.  The assessment shall 
evaluate the resources needed in each region to provide 
appropriate behavioral health services for all of the 
Department's foster children within the region's service area 
who are in need of behavioral health services.  The assessments 
shall include, at a minimum, an analysis of the current 
availability and needs in each of the following areas: 
comprehensive integrated assessment, trauma services, mental 
health treatment, qualified mental health professionals, 
community providers, programs for psychosocial rehabilitation, 
and programs for substance abuse.

By January 1, 2007, the 
Department shall complete all required individual and regional 
assessments and shall submit a written report to the Governor 
and the General Assembly that describes the results of the 
assessment and contains a specific plan to address the 
identified needs for services.




Effective Date:  1/1/2006