Illinois · 104th session
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness within the Department of Human Services to maintain on the Department's publicly accessible website information on how a hospital or health care provider may connect a patient who is experiencing homelessness, or is otherwise in a vulnerable housing situation, with shelter and homeless support services for each continuum of care in the State. Requires the Department of Human Services to ensure that the required website information includes for each continuum of care any phone number, email address, physical address, primary agencies, or any other information that may be necessary for a person in that continuum of care territory to begin accessing shelter or other homeless support services. Requires the Department to also include on its website a way for the hospital or health care provider to determine which continuum of care applies based on the physical location of the hospital or health care provider. Contain provisions concerning voluntary training for hospitals and health care providers on how to use the Department's continuum of care website information; and deadline dates by…
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0332 (2025-08-15)