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Health Care

  • Assessments, Exams and Testing
    • Psychological Testing of DCFS Supervised Children
    • Identifying and Documenting a Client’s Disability and Need for Special Services
    • Multidisciplinary Assessment Team (MAT) Assessments and Meetings
    • Children Exposed to Drug Labs
    • Medical Hubs
    • Community Treatment Facility (CTF) Placements through the Interagency Placement Screening Committee
  • Medical Consents and Disclosures
    • Consent for Routine Medical Care
    • Consent for Mental Health and/or Developmental Assessments and Services
  • Releasing Information
    • Health and Medical Information
    • HIV/AIDS Testing and Disclosure of HIV/AIDS Information
  • Specialized Services and Treatment
    • Presumptive Transfer of the Responsibility for Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) When a Dependent Child/Youth Resides Out of County
    • Promoting Children’s Physical Health
    • Psychotropic Medication: Authorization, Review, and Monitoring for DCFS Supervised Children
    • Foster Youth Substance Abuse Treatment Protocol and Program
    • Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program
    • Dependency Drug Court (DDC)/Family Substance Abuse Treatment Program (FSATP)
    • Universal Precautions
    • Youth Reproductive Health and Pregnancy
    • Public Health Nurses (PHNs): Roles and Responsibilities
    • Hospitalization of and Discharge Planning for DCFS-Supervised Children
    • Exodus Recovery Psychiatric Urgent Care Center
    • Placing Children with Special Health Care Needs
    • Cessation of Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment for Children
    • Orthodontia Program
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