Illinois § 30

§ 30.

Transition bed capacity. (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall use unspent or lapsed Individual Care Grant funds and Family Support and Specialized Family Support Program funds to address the shortage of Specialized Family Support Program transition bed services for children that are appropriate for the acuity level of the child's needs. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall pay for increased capacity of Specialized Family Support Program transition bed services beginning in fiscal year 2019 using the Medicaid rate for residential treatment plus consideration of an increased rate for capacity building purposes. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall work to develop this capacity in regions across the State to ensure that a child is placed in a residential treatment facility close to where the family resides to foster family reunification. Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall develop a plan for increasing capacity for transitional bed services and community-based treatment for the Family Support Program and Specialized Family Support Program services that address the acuity level of children in or at risk of psychiatric lockout to ensure that the purchase of Specialized Family Support Program transition bed services does not diminish the capacity of longer term therapeutic residential treatment beds for youth with high behavioral health needs. This report shall be submitted to the General Assembly within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. The report to the General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall direct. (b) Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly the Department of Children and Family Services shall increase its guaranteed residential bed capacity by utilizing Department Rule Part 356 or the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board Rule. (Source: P.A. 100-978, eff. 8-19-18.)