Bills / H.B. 590
H.B. 590 Child Therapy Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would let children in DCFS foster care keep their current mental health therapist when they move to a new family or leave custody, as long as the child is already receiving therapy. It would require insurers to offer a single case agreement so a child can keep seeing an out-of-network therapist after leaving custody.
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Official description
- requires certain insurers to offer a single case agreement to allow certain children leaving the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services (division) to receive mental health treatment and services from the mental health therapist providing those services while the child was in the custody of the division
- requires the division to, under certain circumstances:
- determine whether a child entering the custody of the division has a mental health therapist, and facilitate continuity of care for the child with that mental health therapist
- coordinate with a child's parent or guardian or the Department of Health and Human Services when a child leaves the custody of the division to facilitate continuity of care for the child with the therapist that provided mental health treatment and services while the child was in the custody of the department
- provides rulemaking authority
- defines terms
What it costs you
- State spending from tax funds goes up by $7,000 in FY2027.
From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 27, 2026Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 27, 2026Who voted how
- 71 yes, 1 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Mar 3, 2026Who voted how
- 7 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Mar 4, 2026Who voted how
- 7 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 4, 2026Who voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 4, 2026Who voted how
- 67 yes, 1 no, 7 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 27, 2026 House Health and Human Services Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (33 turns) →
- Mar 3, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (11 turns) →
- Mar 4, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (10 turns) →
- Mar 4, 2026 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (9 turns) →
- Mar 5, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (3 turns) →