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4		-	AN ACT concerning mental health.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8		-	Strengthening and Transforming Behavioral Health Crisis Care
9		-	in Illinois Act.
10		-	Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
11		-	(1) 1,440 Illinois residents died from suicide in 2021, up
12		-	from 1,358 in 2020 or a 6% increase.
13		-	(2) An estimated 110,000 Illinois adults struggle with
14		-	schizophrenia, and 220,000 with bipolar disorder.
15		-	(3) 3,013 Illinois residents died due to opioid overdose
16		-	in 2021, a 2.3% increase from 2020 and a 35.8% increase from
17		-	2019.
18		-	(4) Too many people are experiencing suicidal crises, and
19		-	mental health or substance use-related distress without the
20		-	support and care they need, and the pandemic has amplified
21		-	these challenges for children and adults.
22		-	(5) On July 16, 2022, the U.S. transitioned the 10-digit
23		-	National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 9-8-8, an
24		-	easy-to-remember 3-digit number for 24/7 behavioral health
25		-	crisis care.
26		-	(6) The ultimate goal of the 9-8-8 crisis response system
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning mental health.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
	7	+	5 Strengthening and Transforming Behavioral Health Crisis Care
	8	+	6 in Illinois Act.
	9	+	7 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
	10	+	8 (1) 1,440 Illinois residents died from suicide in 2021, up
	11	+	9 from 1,358 in 2020 or a 6% increase.
	12	+	10 (2) An estimated 110,000 Illinois adults struggle with
	13	+	11 schizophrenia, and 220,000 with bipolar disorder.
	14	+	12 (3) 3,013 Illinois residents died due to opioid overdose
	15	+	13 in 2021, a 2.3% increase from 2020 and a 35.8% increase from
	16	+	14 2019.
	17	+	15 (4) Too many people are experiencing suicidal crises, and
	18	+	16 mental health or substance use-related distress without the
	19	+	17 support and care they need, and the pandemic has amplified
	20	+	18 these challenges for children and adults.
	21	+	19 (5) On July 16, 2022, the U.S. transitioned the 10-digit
	22	+	20 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 9-8-8, an
	23	+	21 easy-to-remember 3-digit number for 24/7 behavioral health
	24	+	22 crisis care.
	25	+	23 (6) The ultimate goal of the 9-8-8 crisis response system
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33		-	is to reduce the over-reliance on 9-1-1 and law enforcement
34		-	response to suicide, mental health, or substance use crises,
35		-	so that every Illinoisan is ensured appropriate and supportive
36		-	assistance from trained mental health professionals during his
37		-	or her time of need.
38		-	(7) The 3 interdependent pillars of the 9-8-8 crisis
39		-	response system include someone to call (Lifeline Call
40		-	Centers), someone to respond (Mobile Crisis Response Teams),
41		-	and somewhere to go (Crisis Receiving and Stabilization
42		-	Centers).
43		-	(8) The transition to 9-8-8 provides a historic
44		-	opportunity to strengthen and transform the way behavioral
45		-	health crises are treated in Illinois and moves us away from
46		-	criminalizing mental health and substance use disorders and
47		-	treating them as health issues.
48		-	(9) Having a range of mobile crisis response options has
49		-	the potential to save lives.
50		-	(10) Individuals who interact with the 9-8-8 crisis
51		-	response system should receive follow-up and be connected to
52		-	local mental health and substance use resources and other
53		-	community supports.
54		-	(11) Transforming the Illinois behavioral health crisis
55		-	response system will require long-term structural changes and
56		-	investments. These include strengthening core behavioral
57		-	health crisis care services, ensuring rapid post-crisis
58		-	access, increasing coordination across systems and State
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	34	+	1 is to reduce the over-reliance on 9-1-1 and law enforcement
	35	+	2 response to suicide, mental health, or substance use crises,
	36	+	3 so that every Illinoisan is ensured appropriate and supportive
	37	+	4 assistance from trained mental health professionals during his
	38	+	5 or her time of need.
	39	+	6 (7) The 3 interdependent pillars of the 9-8-8 crisis
	40	+	7 response system include someone to call (Lifeline Call
	41	+	8 Centers), someone to respond (Mobile Crisis Response Teams),
	42	+	9 and somewhere to go (Crisis Receiving and Stabilization
	43	+	10 Centers).
	44	+	11 (8) The transition to 9-8-8 provides a historic
	45	+	12 opportunity to strengthen and transform the way behavioral
	46	+	13 health crises are treated in Illinois and moves us away from
	47	+	14 criminalizing mental health and substance use disorders and
	48	+	15 treating them as health issues.
	49	+	16 (9) Having a range of mobile crisis response options has
	50	+	17 the potential to save lives.
	51	+	18 (10) Individuals who interact with the 9-8-8 crisis
	52	+	19 response system should receive follow-up and be connected to
	53	+	20 local mental health and substance use resources and other
	54	+	21 community supports.
	55	+	22 (11) Transforming the Illinois behavioral health crisis
	56	+	23 response system will require long-term structural changes and
	57	+	24 investments. These include strengthening core behavioral
	58	+	25 health crisis care services, ensuring rapid post-crisis
	59	+	26 access, increasing coordination across systems and State
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61		-	agencies, enhancing the behavioral health crisis care
62		-	workforce, and establishing sustainable funding from various
63		-	streams for all dimensions of the crisis response system.
64		-	Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to improve
65		-	the quality and access to behavioral health crisis services;
66		-	reduce stigma surrounding suicide, mental health, and
67		-	substance use conditions; provide a behavioral health crisis
68		-	response that is equivalent to the response already provided
69		-	to individuals who require emergency physical health care in
70		-	the State; improve equity in addressing mental health and
71		-	substance use conditions; ensure a culturally and
72		-	linguistically competent response to behavioral health crises
73		-	and saving lives; build a new system of equitable and
74		-	linguistically appropriate behavioral crisis services in which
75		-	all individuals are treated with respect, dignity, cultural
76		-	competence, and humility; and comply with the National Suicide
77		-	Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and the Federal Communication
78		-	Commission's rules adopted July 16, 2020 to ensure that all
79		-	citizens and visitors of the State of Illinois receive a
80		-	consistent level of 9-8-8 and crisis behavioral health
81		-	services no matter where they live, work, or travel in the
82		-	State.
83		-	Section 15. Cost analysis and sources of funding.
84		-	(a)(1) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human
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87		-	Services, Division of Mental Health, shall use an independent
88		-	third-party expert to conduct a cost analysis and determine
89		-	sound costs associated with developing and maintaining a
90		-	statewide initiative for the coordination and delivery of the
91		-	continuum of behavioral health crisis response services in the
92		-	State, including all of the following:
93		-	(A) Crisis call centers.
94		-	(B) Mobile crisis response team services.
95		-	(C) Crisis receiving and stabilization centers.
96		-	(D) Follow-up and other acute behavioral health
97		-	services.
98		-	(2) The analysis shall include costs that are or can be
99		-	reasonably attributed to, but not limited to:
100		-	(A) staffing and technological infrastructure
101		-	enhancements necessary to achieve operational and clinical
102		-	standards and best practices set forth by the 9-8-8
103		-	Suicide and Crisis Lifeline;
104		-	(B) the recruitment of personnel that reflect the
105		-	demographics of the community served; specialized training
106		-	of staff to assess and serve people experiencing mental
107		-	health, substance use, and suicidal crises, including
108		-	specialized training to serve at-risk communities,
109		-	including culturally and linguistically competent services
110		-	for LGBTQ+, racially, ethnically, and linguistically
111		-	diverse communities;
112		-	(C) the need to develop staffing that is consistent
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115		-	~~with federal guidelines for mobile crisis response times,~~
116		-	~~based on call volume and the geography served;~~
117		-	~~(D)~~ the ~~provision of call,~~ ~~text, and chat response;~~
118		-	~~mobile crisis response;~~ and ~~follow-up and crisis~~
119		-	~~stabilization services that are in~~ response ~~to the 9-8-8~~
120		-	~~Suicide and Crisis Lifeline;~~
121		-	~~(E)~~ the ~~costs related~~ to ~~developing and maintaining~~
122		-	~~the physical plant~~, ~~operations~~, and ~~staffing of crisis~~
123		-	~~receiving and stabilization centers~~;
124		-	~~(F)~~ the ~~provision of data, reporting, participation in~~
125		-	~~evaluations, and related quality improvement activities as~~
126		-	~~may be required~~;
127		-	~~(G) the administration,~~ ~~oversight,~~ and ~~evaluation of~~
128		-	~~the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund;~~
129		-	~~(H) the coordination with 9-1-1, emergency service~~
130		-	~~providers,~~ crisis ~~co-responders, and other system~~
131		-	~~partners~~, ~~including service providers; and~~
132		-	~~(I)~~ the ~~development of service enhancements or~~
133		-	~~targeted responses to improve outcomes~~ and ~~address gaps~~
134		-	~~and needs.~~
135		-	~~(3)~~ The ~~Department~~ of ~~Human Services,~~ ~~Division of Mental~~
136		-	~~Health,~~ and ~~independent third-party~~ ~~experts shall obtain~~
137		-	~~meaningful stakeholder engagement on~~ the ~~cost analysis~~
138		-	~~conducted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2)~~.
139		-	~~(b) The Department~~ of ~~Human Services, Division of Mental~~
140		-	~~Health~~, ~~and independent third-party~~ ~~experts, with meaningful~~
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	70	+	1 agencies, enhancing the behavioral health crisis care
	71	+	2 workforce, and establishing sustainable funding from various
	72	+	3 streams for all dimensions of the crisis response system.
	73	+	4 Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to improve
	74	+	5 the quality and access to behavioral health crisis services;
	75	+	6 reduce stigma surrounding suicide, mental health, and
	76	+	7 substance use conditions; provide a behavioral health crisis
	77	+	8 response that is equivalent to the response already provided
	78	+	9 to individuals who require emergency physical health care in
	79	+	10 the State; improve equity in addressing mental health and
	80	+	11 substance use conditions; ensure a culturally and
	81	+	12 linguistically competent response to behavioral health crises
	82	+	13 and saving lives; build a new system of equitable and
	83	+	14 linguistically appropriate behavioral crisis services in which
	84	+	15 all individuals are treated with respect, dignity, cultural
	85	+	16 competence, and humility; and comply with the National Suicide
	86	+	17 Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and the Federal Communication
	87	+	18 Commission's rules adopted July 16, 2020 to ensure that all
	88	+	19 citizens and visitors of the State of Illinois receive a
	89	+	20 consistent level of 9-8-8 and crisis behavioral health
	90	+	21 services no matter where they live, work, or travel in the
	91	+	22 State.
	92	+	23 Section 15. Cost analysis and sources of funding.
	93	+	24 (a)(1) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human
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143		-	stakeholder engagement, shall provide a set of recommendations
144		-	on multiple sources of funding that could potentially be
145		-	utilized to support a sustainable and comprehensive continuum
146		-	of behavioral health crisis response services.
147		-	(c) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
148		-	Health, may hire an independent third-party expert, amend an
149		-	existing Department of Human Services contract with an
150		-	independent third-party expert, or coordinate with the
151		-	Department of Healthcare and Family Services to amend and
152		-	utilize an independent third-party expert contracted with the
153		-	Department of Healthcare and Family Services to conduct a cost
154		-	analysis and determine sound costs as outlined in this
155		-	Section.
156		-	Section 20. Behavioral health crisis workforce.
157		-	(a) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
158		-	Health, with meaningful stakeholder engagement shall do all of
159		-	the following:
160		-	(1) Examine eligibility for participation as an
161		-	Engagement Specialist under the Division of Mental
162		-	Health's Crisis Care Continuum Program. As used in this
163		-	paragraph, "Engagement Specialist" means an individual
164		-	with the lived experience of recovery from a mental health
165		-	condition, substance use disorder, or both.
166		-	(2) Consider many additional experiences, including
167		-	but not limited to, being a parent or family member of a
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170		-	person with a mental health or substance use disorder,
171		-	being from a disadvantaged or marginalized population that
172		-	would be valuable to this role and can help provide a more
173		-	culturally competent crisis response. This includes the
174		-	need for crisis responders who are African American,
175		-	Latinx, have been incarcerated, experienced homelessness,
176		-	identify as LGBTQ+, or are veterans.
177		-	(3) Consider how that expansion impacts the unique
178		-	training and support needs of Engagement Specialists from
179		-	different populations.
180		-	(4) Allow providers to use their clinical discretion
181		-	to determine responses by one individual or by a
182		-	two-person team depending on the nature of the call with
183		-	access to an Engagement Specialist.
184		-	(5) Collect feedback on other policies to address the
185		-	behavioral health workforce issues.
186		-	(b) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
187		-	Health, shall implement a process to obtain meaningful
188		-	stakeholder engagement not later than 6 months after the
189		-	effective date of this Act.
190		-	Section 25. Action plan. Not later than 12 months after
191		-	the effective date of this Act, the Department of Human
192		-	Services, Division of Mental Health, shall submit an action
193		-	plan to the General Assembly on the activities under Sections
194		-	15 and 20 of this Act. The action plan shall be filed
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197		-	electronically with the General Assembly, as provided under
198		-	Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
199		-	shall be provided electronically to any member of the General
200		-	Assembly upon request. The action plan shall be published on
201		-	the Department of Human Services' website for the public.
202		-	Section 30. Coordination across State agencies.
203		-	(a) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
204		-	Health, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
205		-	shall convene a stakeholder working group immediately after
206		-	the effective date of this Act to develop recommendations to
207		-	coordinate programming and strategies to support a cohesive
208		-	behavioral health crisis response system.
209		-	(b) The stakeholder working group shall:
210		-	(1) Identify logistical challenges and solutions and
211		-	define a process to ensure the Illinois crisis response
212		-	system established by the Division of Mental Health's
213		-	Crisis Care Continuum Program and the Department of
214		-	Healthcare and Family Services' Medicaid Mobile Crisis
215		-	Response is coordinated across the lifespan.
216		-	(2) Consider cross-program identification and
217		-	alignment of providers within geographic regions,
218		-	messaging regarding the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
219		-	and the Illinois Crisis and Referral Entry Services
220		-	(CARES) lines, and coordination between disparate program
221		-	plan goals to ensure that crisis response services are
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	104	+	1 Services, Division of Mental Health, shall use an independent
	105	+	2 third-party expert to conduct a cost analysis and determine
	106	+	3 sound costs associated with developing and maintaining a
	107	+	4 statewide initiative for the coordination and delivery of the
	108	+	5 continuum of behavioral health crisis response services in the
	109	+	6 State, including all of the following:
	110	+	7 (A) Crisis call centers.
	111	+	8 (B) Mobile crisis response team services.
	112	+	9 (C) Crisis receiving and stabilization centers.
	113	+	10 (D) Follow-up and other acute behavioral health
	114	+	11 services.
	115	+	12 (2) The analysis shall include costs that are or can be
	116	+	13 reasonably attributed to, but not limited to:
	117	+	14 (A) staffing and technological infrastructure
	118	+	15 enhancements necessary to achieve operational and clinical
	119	+	16 standards and best practices set forth by the 9-8-8
	120	+	17 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline;
	121	+	18 (B) the recruitment of personnel that reflect the
	122	+	19 demographics of the community served; specialized training
	123	+	20 of staff to assess and serve people experiencing mental
	124	+	21 health, substance use, and suicidal crises, including
	125	+	22 specialized training to serve at-risk communities,
	126	+	23 including culturally and linguistically competent services
	127	+	24 for LGBTQ+, racially, ethnically, and linguistically
	128	+	25 diverse communities;
	129	+	26 (C) the need to develop staffing that is consistent
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224		-	delivered efficiently and without duplication.
225		-	(c) The stakeholder working group shall at least include
226		-	Division of Mental Health Crisis Care Continuum Program
227		-	providers, Pathways to Success providers, parents, family
228		-	advocates, associations that represent behavioral health
229		-	providers, and labor unions that represent workers in the
230		-	behavioral health workforce and shall meet no less than once
231		-	per month.
232		-	(d) Not later than 6 months after the effective date of
233		-	this Act, the Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
234		-	Health, in collaboration with the Department of Healthcare and
235		-	Family Services, shall submit an action plan to the General
236		-	Assembly on the activities under Section 30 of this Act. The
237		-	action plan shall be filed electronically with the General
238		-	Assembly, as provided under Section 3.1 of the General
239		-	Assembly Organization Act, and shall be provided
240		-	electronically to any member of the General Assembly upon
241		-	request. The action plan shall be published on the Department
242		-	of Human Services' website for the public.
243		-	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
244		-	becoming law.
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	140	+	1 with federal guidelines for mobile crisis response times,
	141	+	2 based on call volume and the geography served;
	142	+	3 (D) the provision of call, text, and chat response;
	143	+	4 mobile crisis response; and follow-up and crisis
	144	+	5 stabilization services that are in response to the 9-8-8
	145	+	6 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline;
	146	+	7 (E) the costs related to developing and maintaining
	147	+	8 the physical plant, operations, and staffing of crisis
	148	+	9 receiving and stabilization centers;
	149	+	10 (F) the provision of data, reporting, participation in
	150	+	11 evaluations, and related quality improvement activities as
	151	+	12 may be required;
	152	+	13 (G) the administration, oversight, and evaluation of
	153	+	14 the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund;
	154	+	15 (H) the coordination with 9-1-1, emergency service
	155	+	16 providers, crisis co-responders, and other system
	156	+	17 partners, including service providers; and
	157	+	18 (I) the development of service enhancements or
	158	+	19 targeted responses to improve outcomes and address gaps
	159	+	20 and needs.
	160	+	21 (3) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
	161	+	22 Health, and independent third-party experts shall obtain
	162	+	23 meaningful stakeholder engagement on the cost analysis
	163	+	24 conducted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2).
	164	+	25 (b) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
	165	+	26 Health, and independent third-party experts, with meaningful
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	176	+	1 stakeholder engagement, shall provide a set of recommendations
	177	+	2 on multiple sources of funding that could potentially be
	178	+	3 utilized to support a sustainable and comprehensive continuum
	179	+	4 of behavioral health crisis response services.
	180	+	5 (c) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
	181	+	6 Health, may hire an independent third-party expert, amend an
	182	+	7 existing Department of Human Services contract with an
	183	+	8 independent third-party expert, or coordinate with the
	184	+	9 Department of Healthcare and Family Services to amend and
	185	+	10 utilize an independent third-party expert contracted with the
	186	+	11 Department of Healthcare and Family Services to conduct a cost
	187	+	12 analysis and determine sound costs as outlined in this
	188	+	13 Section.
	189	+	14 Section 20. Behavioral health crisis workforce.
	190	+	15 (a) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
	191	+	16 Health, with meaningful stakeholder engagement shall do all of
	192	+	17 the following:
	193	+	18 (1) Examine eligibility for participation as an
	194	+	19 Engagement Specialist under the Division of Mental
	195	+	20 Health's Crisis Care Continuum Program. As used in this
	196	+	21 paragraph, "Engagement Specialist" means an individual
	197	+	22 with the lived experience of recovery from a mental health
	198	+	23 condition, substance use disorder, or both.
	199	+	24 (2) Consider many additional experiences, including
	200	+	25 but not limited to, being a parent or family member of a
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	211	+	1 person with a mental health or substance use disorder,
	212	+	2 being from a disadvantaged or marginalized population that
	213	+	3 would be valuable to this role and can help provide a more
	214	+	4 culturally competent crisis response. This includes the
	215	+	5 need for crisis responders who are African American,
	216	+	6 Latinx, have been incarcerated, experienced homelessness,
	217	+	7 identify as LGBTQ+, or are veterans.
	218	+	8 (3) Consider how that expansion impacts the unique
	219	+	9 training and support needs of Engagement Specialists from
	220	+	10 different populations.
	221	+	11 (4) Allow providers to use their clinical discretion
	222	+	12 to determine responses by one individual or by a
	223	+	13 two-person team depending on the nature of the call with
	224	+	14 access to an Engagement Specialist.
	225	+	15 (5) Collect feedback on other policies to address the
	226	+	16 behavioral health workforce issues.
	227	+	17 (b) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
	228	+	18 Health, shall implement a process to obtain meaningful
	229	+	19 stakeholder engagement not later than 6 months after the
	230	+	20 effective date of this Act.
	231	+	21 Section 25. Action plan. Not later than 12 months after
	232	+	22 the effective date of this Act, the Department of Human
	233	+	23 Services, Division of Mental Health, shall submit an action
	234	+	24 plan to the General Assembly on the activities under Sections
	235	+	25 15 and 20 of this Act. The action plan shall be filed
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	246	+	1 electronically with the General Assembly, as provided under
	247	+	2 Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
	248	+	3 shall be provided electronically to any member of the General
	249	+	4 Assembly upon request. The action plan shall be published on
	250	+	5 the Department of Human Services' website for the public.
	251	+	6 Section 30. Coordination across State agencies.
	252	+	7 (a) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
	253	+	8 Health, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
	254	+	9 shall convene a stakeholder working group immediately after
	255	+	10 the effective date of this Act to develop recommendations to
	256	+	11 coordinate programming and strategies to support a cohesive
	257	+	12 behavioral health crisis response system.
	258	+	13 (b) The stakeholder working group shall:
	259	+	14 (1) Identify logistical challenges and solutions and
	260	+	15 define a process to ensure the Illinois crisis response
	261	+	16 system established by the Division of Mental Health's
	262	+	17 Crisis Care Continuum Program and the Department of
	263	+	18 Healthcare and Family Services' Medicaid Mobile Crisis
	264	+	19 Response is coordinated across the lifespan.
	265	+	20 (2) Consider cross-program identification and
	266	+	21 alignment of providers within geographic regions,
	267	+	22 messaging regarding the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
	268	+	23 and the Illinois Crisis and Referral Entry Services
	269	+	24 (CARES) lines, and coordination between disparate program
	270	+	25 plan goals to ensure that crisis response services are
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	281	+	1 delivered efficiently and without duplication.
	282	+	2 (c) The stakeholder working group shall at least include
	283	+	3 Division of Mental Health Crisis Care Continuum Program
	284	+	4 providers, Pathways to Success providers, parents, family
	285	+	5 advocates, associations that represent behavioral health
	286	+	6 providers, and labor unions that represent workers in the
	287	+	7 behavioral health workforce and shall meet no less than once
	288	+	8 per month.
	289	+	9 (d) Not later than 6 months after the effective date of
	290	+	10 this Act, the Department of Human Services, Division of Mental
	291	+	11 Health, in collaboration with the Department of Healthcare and
	292	+	12 Family Services, shall submit an action plan to the General
	293	+	13 Assembly on the activities under Section 30 of this Act. The
	294	+	14 action plan shall be filed electronically with the General
	295	+	15 Assembly, as provided under Section 3.1 of the General
	296	+	16 Assembly Organization Act, and shall be provided
	297	+	17 electronically to any member of the General Assembly upon
	298	+	18 request. The action plan shall be published on the Department
	299	+	19 of Human Services' website for the public.
	300	+	20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
	301	+	21 becoming law.
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