+ − Summary
+ − Full Text
+ − Actions (14)
- Session Sine Die
- Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- Second Reading - Short Debate
- Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
- Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Mental Health & Addiction Committee; by Voice Vote
- Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 016-000-000
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mental Health & Addiction Committee
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- Assigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee
- First Reading
- Referred to Rules Committee
- Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez
+ − Adopted Amendment
House Amendment 001
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Alternatives to Crisis Escalation (ACE) Act. Requires the Department of Public Health, or a third-party contractor with experience in successful public education and awareness campaigns selected by the Department of Public Health, to develop and lead a 2-year educational campaign within each of Illinois' 11 health regions on the availability of adult mobile crisis response services within each region and how to access such services. Requires the Department to develop and implement this public awareness and educational campaign in collaboration with community stakeholders, including certain organizations, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Department of Human Services. Requires the public awareness campaign to begin no later than January 1, 2022 and to take into account crisis services, if any. Sets forth certain requirements for the public awareness campaign, including that it be culturally competent and that any written materials be written in plain, easy-to-understand language and available in multiple languages that are representative of the communities in a particular health region. Lists the types of stakeholders that shall be included as partner-stakeholders in the development of the campaign. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish, subject to appropriation, a grant program for the purposes of providing adult mobile crisis response services to any adult age 18 or older experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis regardless of insurance status. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop and implement training and protocols for individuals answering crisis calls to the Crisis and Referral Entry Services (CARES) line. Contains provisions concerning the use of data to strengthen CARES line responses and adult mobile crisis response services, and other matters. Requires the Departments of Public Health, Human Services, and Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules to implement the Act. Effective immediately.
+ − Proposed Amendment
+ − Statute Amended
- New Act
