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Special Services For Pregnant Women And Mothers

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(20 ILCS 301/Art. 35 heading)

ARTICLE 35. SPECIAL SERVICES FORPREGNANT WOMEN AND MOTHERS

(20 ILCS 301/35-5)

Sec. 35-5. Services for pregnant women and mothers.

(a) In order to promote a comprehensive, statewide and multidisciplinary approach to serving pregnant women and mothers, including those who are minors, and their children who are affected by substance use disorders, the Department shall have responsibility for an ongoing exchange of referral information among the following:

(1) those who provide medical and social services to pregnant women, mothers and their children, whether or not there exists evidence of a substance use disorder. These include any other State-funded medical or social services to pregnant women.
(2) providers of treatment services to women affected by substance use disorders.

(b) (Blank).

(d) (Blank).

(e) (Blank).

(f) The Department shall develop and maintain an updated and comprehensive directory of licensed providers that deliver treatment and intervention services. The Department shall post on its website a licensed provider directory updated at least quarterly.

(g) As a condition of any State grant or contract, the Department shall require that any treatment program for women with substance use disorders provide services, either by its own staff or by agreement with other agencies or individuals, which include but need not be limited to the following:

(1) coordination with any program providing case management services to ensure ongoing monitoring and coordination of services after the addicted woman has returned home.
(2) coordination with medical services for individual medical care of pregnant women, including prenatal care under the supervision of a physician.
(3) coordination with child care services.

(h) As a condition of any State grant or contract, the Department shall require that any nonresidential program receiving any funding for treatment services accept women who are pregnant, provided that such services are clinically appropriate. Failure to comply with this subsection shall result in termination of the grant or contract and loss of State funding.

(i)(1) From funds appropriated expressly for the purposes of this Section, the Department shall create or contract with licensed, certified agencies to develop a program for the care and treatment of pregnant women, mothers and their children. The program shall be in Cook County in an area of high density population having a disproportionate number of women with substance use disorders and a high infant mortality rate.

(2) From funds appropriated expressly for the purposes of this Section, the Department shall create or contract with licensed, certified agencies to develop a program for the care and treatment of low income pregnant women. The program shall be located anywhere in the State outside of Cook County in an area of high density population having a disproportionate number of low income pregnant women.

(3) In implementing the programs established under this subsection, the Department shall contract with existing residential treatment or recovery homes in areas having a disproportionate number of women with substance use disorders who need residential treatment. Priority shall be given to women who:

(A) are pregnant, especially if they are intravenous drug users,
(B) have minor children,
(C) are both pregnant and have minor children, or
(D) are referred by medical personnel because they either have given birth to a baby with a substance use disorder, or will give birth to a baby with a substance use disorder.

(4) The services provided by the programs shall include but not be limited to:

(A) individual medical care, including prenatal care, under the supervision of a physician.
(B) temporary, residential shelter for pregnant women, mothers and children when necessary.
(C) a range of educational or counseling services.
(D) comprehensive and coordinated social services, including therapy groups for the treatment of substance use disorders; family therapy groups; programs to develop positive self-awareness; parent-child therapy; and residential support groups.

(5) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)

(20 ILCS 301/35-10)

Sec. 35-10. Adolescent Family Life Program.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares the following:

(1) In Illinois, a substantial number of babies are born each year to adolescent mothers between 12 and 19 years of age.
(2) A substantial percentage of pregnant adolescents have substance use disorders or live in environments in which substance use disorders occur and thus are at risk of exposing their infants to dangerous and harmful circumstances.
(3) It is difficult to provide substance use disorder counseling for adolescents in settings designed to serve adults.

(b) To address the findings set forth in subsection (a), and subject to appropriation, the Department may establish and fund treatment strategies to meet the developmental, social, and educational needs of high-risk pregnant adolescents and shall do the following:

(1) To the maximum extent feasible and appropriate, utilize existing services and funding rather than create new, duplicative services.
(2) Include plans for coordination and collaboration with existing perinatal substance use disorder services.
(3) Include goals and objectives for reducing the incidence of high-risk pregnant adolescents.
(4) Be culturally and linguistically appropriate to the population being served.
(5) Include staff development training by substance use disorder counselors.

As used in this Section, "high-risk pregnant adolescent" means a person at least 12 but not more than 18 years of age with a substance use disorder who is pregnant.

(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)

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