Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 160/20 – Behavioral health crisis workforce
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(a) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, with meaningful stakeholder engagement shall do all of the following:
(1) Examine eligibility for participation as an
(1) Examine eligibility for participation as an
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Engagement Specialist under the Division of Mental Health’s Crisis Care Continuum Program. As used in this paragraph, “Engagement Specialist” means an individual with the lived experience of recovery from a mental health condition, substance use disorder, or both.
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(2) Consider many additional experiences, including
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but not limited to, being a parent or family member of a person with a mental health or substance use disorder, being from a disadvantaged or marginalized population that would be valuable to this role and can help provide a more culturally competent crisis response. This includes the need for crisis responders who are African American, Latinx, have been incarcerated, experienced homelessness, identify as LGBTQ+, or are veterans.
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(3) Consider how that expansion impacts the unique
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training and support needs of Engagement Specialists from different populations.
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(4) Allow providers to use their clinical discretion
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to determine responses by one individual or by a two-person team depending on the nature of the call with access to an Engagement Specialist.
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(5) Collect feedback on other policies to address the
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behavioral health workforce issues.
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(b) The Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, shall implement a process to obtain meaningful stakeholder engagement not later than 6 months after the effective date of this Act.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 160/20
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36