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    AN ACT concerning children. 

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


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

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

Services shall be appropriate to meet 
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the needs of the individual child and may be provided to the 
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child at the site of the program, facility, or foster home or 
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at an otherwise appropriate location.  A program facility, or 
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home, shall assist the Department staff in arranging for a 
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child to receive behavioral health services from an outside 
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provider when those services are necessary to meet the child's 
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needs and the child wishes to receive them.
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    (b) Not later than January 1, 2006, the Department shall 
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file a proposed rule or a proposed amendment to an existing 
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rule regarding the provision of behavioral health services to 
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children who have serious behavioral health needs.  The proposal 
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shall address, but is not limited to, the implementation of the 
 


 






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following: integrated assessment, treatment plans, individual 
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and group therapy, specialized foster care, community based 
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programming, licensed residential services, psychosocial 
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rehabilitation, hospitalization, and transitional planning and 
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referral to the Department of Human Services for appropriate 
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services when the child reaches adulthood.
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    (c) In preparation for the comprehensive implementation of 
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the behavioral health system, the Department shall also prepare 
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an assessment of behavioral health community services 
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available to the Department in the State.  The assessment shall 
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evaluate the resources needed in each region to provide 
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appropriate behavioral health services for all of the 
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Department's foster children within the region's service area 
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who are in need of behavioral health services.  The assessments 
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shall include, at a minimum, an analysis of the current 
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availability and needs in each of the following areas: 
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comprehensive integrated assessment, trauma services, mental 
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health treatment, qualified mental health professionals, 
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community providers, programs for psychosocial rehabilitation, 
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and programs for substance abuse.

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