Illinois

FASD State Coordinator

Ajeet Charate, MB, MA
FASD Program Director and Educator
NOFAS Illinois and Trinity Services, Inc.
13318 West Lincoln Highway
New Lenox, IL 60451
815-462-4273
815-463-0689 Fax
acharate@trinity-services.org

FASD State Web site

http://www.cprd.illinois.edu/content/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder

FASD State Resources

NOFAS Illinois FASD Resource Center
13318 W. Lincoln Hwy
New Lenox. IL 60451.
815-462-4273
- FASD brochures, posters, resources for parents and professionals.
- Educational seminars, workshops and training available for teachers, counselors, social workers, substance abuse professionals, physicians, nurses and other related allied health professionals etc.
- Screening and diagnostic referrals
- FASD Parent Support groups. http://nofasillinois.com/
Prevention First Incorporated https://www.prevention.org/SpecialInitiatives/FASD/Default.asp
Children's Research Triangle
180 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60601
312-726-4011
312-726-4021 Fax
info@cr-triangle.org
http://www.childstudy.org/index.php

Funded Subcontractor

Illinois Department of Human Services

Legislative Information:

Bill Number	Category	Introduced	Description	Status
HB1793	Prevention	2009	Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In a provision concerning birth defects warning signs, adds to the required message on signs the following: "If you need assistance for substance abuse, please call the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (OASA) at 1-800-843-6154.". Effective on January 1, 2010.	Became Public Act 096-0387 on 08/13/2009
HB2314	Funding	2009	Appropriates $250,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to Trinity Services, Inc. and the FAST Team of Illinois for the establishment and operation of a FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders) Outreach and Drop In Center. Effective July 1, 2009.	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments 8/15/09
SJR0007 HJ0012	Prevention	2009	A joint resolution urging the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Departments of Children and Family Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Corrections, Financial Institutions and Professional Regulation, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities to complete an assessment of existing State and federal assistance programs involving Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.	SJR0007: Adopted both Houses 5/30/09 HJ0012: Tabled by Sponsor 3/10/2009
SB2107 HB4813	Funding	2008	Appropriates $250,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to Trinity Services, Inc. and the FAST Team of Illinois for the establishment and operation of a FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders) Outreach and Drop In Center. Effective July 1, 2008.	SB2107: Session Sine Die 01/13/2009 HB4813: Session Sine Die 01/13/2009
HJR0041	Prevention	2007	Urges the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Departments of Children and Family Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Corrections, Financial Institutions and Professional Regulation, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities to complete an assessment of existing State and federal assistance programs involving Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.	Referred to Senate Rules Committee 04/16/2008
SB0068	Criminalization	2007	Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that individual health information summaries concerning the child and each birth parent shall be filed within 14 days of the petition filing in all adoptions of unrelated minors. Provides that each preadoption investigation shall review the health summaries. Provides that health summaries shall be without any information identifying either birth parent and shall summarize...drugs or medications used by the birth mother during the child's pregnancy. Provides that adoptive parents or the adopted child when he or she is an adult may petition the court for the release of the summaries. Provides that no liability shall attach to anyone who provides information for a health summary or to the adoption registry (at present, liability protections only apply to the adoption registry). Provides that all information in health summaries is confidential and is not to be used as evidence in any other proceeding.	Became Public Act 95-0601 on 09/11/2007
SB0337	Treatment	2007	Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the term "developmental disability" includes a disability that is attributable to "fetal alcohol syndrome" or "fetal alcohol effects" (in addition to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or autism). Effective January 1, 2008.	Senate Governor Approved 08/30/2007
SB1889	Prevention	2003	Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to design and implement an ongoing statewide campaign to raise public awareness about fetal alcohol syndrome and other effects of prenatal alcohol exposure. Provides that the campaign must include pamphlets that describe the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome and provides that the Department must distribute the pamphlets free of charge.(B) if a birth problem is diagnosed during a physician or hospital visit that occurs before the child is:(i) except as provided in item (ii), three (3) years of age at the time of diagnosis; or(ii) five (5) years of age at the time of diagnosis if the disorder is a pervasive developmental disorder or a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.	Re-referred to Rules Committee 03/14/2003