(20 ILCS 301/Art. 35 heading)
(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:
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(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:
(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:
(4) The services provided by the programs shall include but not be limited to:
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(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:
(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:
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.
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(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)