HB3587 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Adoption Act to expand the definition of "post-placement and post-adoption support services" to include mental health treatment, counseling, and substance abuse treatment for children and families.

• Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain accessible post-placement and post-adoption support services for all adopted children in Illinois, including those adopted through interstate and intercountry adoption, and former youth in care placed in guardianship.

• Establishes a toll-free number staffed to answer calls within 24 hours to provide public information about post-placement and post-adoption support services.

• Requires the Department to publicize support services information through its website, licensed child welfare agencies, prospective adoptive parents training, annual notification letters to adoptive families, and an Illinois Post Adoption and Guardianship Services booklet.

• Mandates annual reporting to the General Assembly on post-placement and post-adoption services provided, including data on placement disruptions, adoption dissolutions, and coordination with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services on mental health resources.