20 ILCS 1705/11.2

Current through Public Act 103-593
Section 20 ILCS 1705/11.2 - Bureau for Mentally Ill Children and Adolescents

To maintain and operate the Bureau for Mentally Ill Children and Adolescents and the Bureau for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities . Each Bureau shall:

(a) develop the Department policies necessary to assure a coherent services system for, and develop and coordinate planning on a Statewide basis for delivery of services to, children or adolescents with mental illness and children and adolescents with a developmental disability, including:
(1) assessment of the need for various types of programs, such as prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, and
(2) design of a system to integrate additional services, including service alternatives;
(b) provide consultation and technical assistance to the appropriate Department subdivisions and coordinate service planning and development efforts for children and adolescents with a developmental disability and children or adolescents with mental illness;
(c) develop cooperative programs with community service providers and other State agencies which serve children;
(d) assist families in the placement of children with mental illness, as specified in Section 7.1; and
(e) develop minimum standards for the operation of both State-provided and contracted community-based services for promulgation as rules.

20 ILCS 1705/11.2

P.A. 88-380.
Amended by P.A. 099-0143,§ 175, eff. 7/27/2015.