# Illinois SB1560: MENTAL HLTH-KIDS-BEACON Illinois SB1560, MENTAL HLTH-KIDS-BEACON, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-04 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0032); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1560-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1560 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: MENTAL HLTH-KIDS-BEACON - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-08-04, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0032 - Sponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 18 - Subjects: assignments, education, mental health & addiction - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (151 yes, 41 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary Amends the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in coordination with a statewide association representing a majority of hospitals, to establish and offer a voluntary training that will be recorded and made available on the Department's website to all hospital social workers, clinicians, and administrative staff to inform them of BEACON, a centralized resource for Illinois youth and families seeking services for behavioral health needs, with the goal of encouraging families to seek assistance through BEACON and the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Team. Provides that the training shall include how families and hospital staff can access BEACON, the process once a case is entered into BEACON, and State and community programs accessible through BEACON. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires a psychiatric hospital to contact a youth or the youth's parents, guardian, or caregiver about the BEACON portal (rather than the Family Support Program and the Specialized Family Support Program) prior to referring the youth to the Department of Children and Family Services because the youth was left at the psychiatric hospital beyond medical necessity. Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team in the Office of the Governor and relevant stakeholders, to report its work and make available resource materials, including model policies and guidance informed by a phased approach to implementing universal mental health screening in schools. Requires the State Board of Education to report its work by September 1, 2026. Provides that mental health screenings shall be offered by school districts to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12, at least once a year, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Hospital help connecting families to care: benefit, low. Hospitals must try to contact youths and their parents, guardians, or caregivers about BEACON, the state's behavioral health resource portal. This must happen before a child welfare dependency referral because a youth remains in psychiatric care beyond medical need. Hospitals must also help enter t… - Yearly mental health screenings for students: benefit, low. Starting in the 2027–2028 school year, Illinois school districts must offer mental health screenings yearly in grades 3–12. This applies only in years when the State provides districts a free screening tool with a student self-report option. Districts may seek extensions under state education board… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Anna Moeller (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dave Vella (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kelly M. Cassidy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin John Olickal (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kimberly A. Lightford (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Laura Faver Dias (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Laura Fine (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lindsey LaPointe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Gill (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael J. Kelly (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michelle Mussman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nabeela Syed (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nicolle Grasse (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Stephanie A. Kifowit (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Terra Costa Howard (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tracy Katz Muhl (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-21 | House | Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed | pass | 72 | 36 | | | 2025-05-01 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; | pass | 14 | 5 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 52 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Education; | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (58) - 2025-08-04: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0032 (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0032 (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-18: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed (House) - 2025-05-21: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 072-036-000 (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly (House) - 2025-05-21: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit (House) - 2025-05-16: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate (House) - 2025-05-16: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-01: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias (House) - 2025-05-01: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard (House) - 2025-05-01: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-01: Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 014-005-000 (House) - 2025-04-23: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee (House) - 2025-04-17: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-17: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-11: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-11: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe (House) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Do Pass as Amended Education; 013-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Education (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Assigned to Education (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-02-04: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560sam001.pdf) - Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560sam002.pdf) - Senate Amendment 3: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560sam003.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560sam001.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560sam002.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 3 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1560sam003.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1560-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).