20 ILCS 540/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Custody Relinquishment Prevention Act. (Source: P.A. 98-808, eff. 1-1-15.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 540 — Custody Relinquishment Prevention Act.
Illinois · statute · 20 ILCS 540 · 7 active provisions
20 ILCS 540/5
Purpose
Purpose. This Act establishes a pathway for families on the verge of seeking services for their child's serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance through relinquishment of parental custody to the Department of Children and Family Services, despite the absence of abuse or neglect, to receive services throu…
20 ILCS 540/10
Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Family income" means the sum of a family's annual earnings and cash benefits from all sources before taxes, less payments made for child support. "Serious mental illness" means a diagnosis set forth in the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorde…
20 ILCS 540/15
Interagency agreement
Interagency agreement. (a) In order to intercept and divert children and youth at risk of custody relinquishment to the Department of Children and Family Services, within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Department of Children of Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Hea…
20 ILCS 540/20
Outcomes and data reported annually to the General Assembly
Outcomes and data reported annually to the General Assembly. (a) The Department of Children and Family Services shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly which includes the following with respect to the time period covered by the report: (1) The number of children and youth who were relinquished to the Depa…
20 ILCS 540/25
Specialized Family Support Program
Specialized Family Support Program. For purposes of addressing the problem of children remaining in psychiatric hospitals beyond medical necessity, a child under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and has been reported to, or is at risk of being reporte…
20 ILCS 540/30
Transition bed capacity
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 fo…