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| Public Act 102-0076 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 | ||||
by changing Section 2.2 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 505/2.2) | ||||
Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for | ||||
placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31 | ||||
of each year thereafter through December 31, 2023, the | ||||
Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering | ||||
the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding | ||||
youth in care waiting for placements or psychiatric | ||||
hospitalization. The report shall also be posted on the | ||||
Department's website. The report shall include: | ||||
(1) the number of youth in care who remained in | ||||
emergency placements, including but not limited to | ||||
shelters and emergency foster homes, for longer than 30 | ||||
days, their genders and ages, their recommended placement | ||||
type, the total length of time each youth remained in | ||||
emergency care, the barriers to timely placement, and | ||||
whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | ||||
after they were removed from the emergency placement, and | ||||
if not, what type of placement they were placed in; | ||||
(2) the number of youth in care who remained in | ||
psychiatric hospitals beyond the time they were clinically | ||
ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity, whichever | ||
is sooner, their genders and ages, their recommended | ||
placement type, the total length of time each youth | ||
remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity, | ||
the barriers to timely placement, and whether they were | ||
placed in the recommended placement type after they were | ||
removed from the psychiatric hospital, and if not, what | ||
type of placement they were placed in; | ||
(3) the number of youth in care who remained in a | ||
detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice | ||
facility solely because the Department cannot locate an | ||
appropriate placement for the youth, their genders and | ||
ages, their recommended placement type, the total length | ||
of time each youth remained in the detention center or | ||
Department of Juvenile Justice facility after they could | ||
have been released, the barriers to timely placement, and | ||
whether they were placed in the recommended placement type | ||
after being released from detention of the Juvenile | ||
Justice facility, and if not, what type of placement they | ||
were placed in; | ||
(3.1) the number of youth in care placed in | ||
out-of-state residential treatment facilities, whether | ||
each youth was referred to any in-state programs for | ||
placement and, if so, the number of in-state referrals for | ||
each youth prior to referring the youth to out-of-state | ||
programs; whether the youth was psychiatrically | ||
hospitalized beyond medical necessity prior to being sent | ||
out of state; the state each youth is placed in; and | ||
whether the youth is placed in a secure facility out of | ||
state; | ||
(3.2) the number of youth not in the temporary custody | ||
or guardianship of the
Department who are or were the | ||
subjects of child protection
investigations coded as 84b | ||
(lock-out, psychiatrically
hospitalized) under the | ||
Department's Neglect Allegation
Classification system, | ||
including youth for whom the Department
is required to | ||
make payments in accordance with Section 5-5.07 of the | ||
Illinois Public Aid Code because they were hospitalized in | ||
inpatient psychiatric hospitals or units and were beyond | ||
medical necessity during the Department's involvement with | ||
the case. At a minimum, the report shall include the | ||
following information regarding each youth: age, region, | ||
date of hospitalization, date the youth was beyond medical | ||
necessity, date and reason for the Department's | ||
involvement, length of time the youth was beyond medical | ||
necessity, whether the youth was referred for services | ||
under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' | ||
Family Support Program, whether the
youth was referred for | ||
intact family services, whether and when the Department | ||
petitioned for custody of the youth, and the youth's | ||
living arrangement upon being discharged from the | ||
hospital; | ||
(3.3) the number of youth in care who remain in | ||
emergency rooms for longer than 24 hours waiting for | ||
admission to a psychiatric hospital bed. At a minimum, the | ||
report shall include the following information regarding | ||
each youth: age, region, date of admission to the | ||
emergency room, length of time the youth was in the | ||
emergency room, date and time the youth was discharged | ||
from the emergency room, hospital or placement the youth | ||
was discharged to, and a description of any critical | ||
incidents that occurred during the hospitalization, | ||
including, but not limited to, the use of emergency | ||
psychotropic medication or the use of any type of | ||
restraint. | ||
(4) a description of how the Department collected the | ||
information reported and any difficulties the Department | ||
had in collecting the information and whether there are | ||
concerns about the validity of the information; and | ||
(5) a description of any steps the Department is | ||
taking to reduce the length of time youth in care wait in | ||
psychiatric hospitals, emergency placements, detention | ||
centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for | ||
clinically appropriate placements.
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(Source: P.A. 100-87, eff. 1-1-18.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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