20 ILCS 1705/0.01
(20 ILCS 1705/0.01) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-0.1) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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in effect20 ILCS 1705/1 Purpose
(20 ILCS 1705/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-1) Sec. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to consolidate in one statute certain powers and duties of the Department of Human Services relating to mental health and developmental disabilities. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/2
(20 ILCS 1705/2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-2) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-727) Sec. 2. Definitions; administrative subdivisions. (a) For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Department" means the Department of Human Services, successor to the former Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. "Developmental disability" means "developmental disability" as defined in Section 1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. "Intellectual disability" means the "intellectual disability" as defined in Section 1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Human Services. (b) Unless the context otherwise requires: (1) References in this Act to the programs or facilities of the Department shall be construed to refer only to those programs or facilities of the Department that pertain to mental health or developmental disabilities. (2) References in this Act to the Department's service providers or service recipients shall be construed to refer only to providers or recipients of services that pertain to the Department's mental health and developmental disabilities functions. (3) References in this Act to employees of the Department shall be construed to refer only to employees whose duties pertain to the Department's mental health and developmental disabilities functions. (c) The Secretary shall establish such subdivisions of the Department as shall be desirable and shall assign to the various subdivisions the responsibilities and duties placed upon the Department by the Laws of the State of Illinois. (d) There is established a coordinator of services to deaf and hearing impaired persons with mental disabilities. In hiring this coordinator, every consideration shall be given to qualified deaf or hearing impaired individuals. (e) Whenever the administrative director of the subdivision for mental health services is not a board-certified psychiatrist, the Secretary shall appoint a Chief for Clinical Services who shall be a board-certified psychiatrist with both clinical and administrative experience. The Chief for Clinical Services shall be responsible for all clinical and medical decisions for mental health services. (Source: P.A. 102-972, eff. 1-1-23.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-727) Sec. 2. Definitions; administrative subdivisions. (a) For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Community day services" or "CDS" means a Home and Community-Based Waiver day program that is certified by the Department. Community day services provide assistance with gaining, maintaining, or improving skills and functioning to individuals with developmental disabilities. Services can reinforce skills or strategies taught in other settings and may include training and supports to help prevent or slow the loss of skills. Community day services take place in a non-residential setting, separate from the individual's residential setting, whether individually owned, controlled, or otherwise. Community day services can be provided in a site certified by the Department (site-based CDS) or in community locations where members of the general community typically congregate (non-site-based CDS). CDS activities shall promote greater independence and support full access to the general community to the same degree as persons not receiving Home and Community-Based Waiver services. "Department" means the Department of Human Services, successor to the former Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. "Developmental disability" means "developmental disability" as defined in Section 1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. "Intellectual disability" means the "intellectual disability" as defined in Section 1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Human Services. (b) Unless the context otherwise requires: (1) References in this Act to the programs or facilities of the Department shall be construed to refer only to those programs or facilities of the Department that pertain to mental health or developmental disabilities. (2) References in this Act to the Department's service providers or service recipients shall be construed to refer only to providers or recipients of services that pertain to the Department's mental health and developmental disabilities functions. (3) References in this Act to employees of the Department shall be construed to refer only to employees whose duties pertain to the Department's mental health and developmental disabilities functions. (c) The Secretary shall establish such subdivisions of the Department as shall be desirable and shall assign to the various subdivisions the responsibilities and duties placed upon the Department by the Laws of the State of Illinois. (d) There is established a coordinator of services to deaf and hearing impaired persons with mental disabilities. In hiring this coordinator, every consideration shall be given to qualified deaf or hearing impaired individuals. (e) Whenever the administrative director of the subdivision for mental health services is not a board-certified psychiatrist, the Secretary shall appoint a Chief for Clinical Services who shall be a board-certified psychiatrist with both clinical and administrative experience. The Chief for Clinical Services shall be responsible for all clinical and medical decisions for mental health services. (Source: P.A. 104-727, eff. 1-1-27.)
20 ILCS 1705/3
(20 ILCS 1705/3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-3) Sec. 3. In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities which may be otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have the powers enumerated in this Act. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2892.)
20 ILCS 1705/4
(20 ILCS 1705/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4) Sec. 4. Supervision of facilities and services; quarterly reports. (a) To exercise executive and administrative supervision over all facilities, divisions, programs and services now existing or hereafter acquired or created under the jurisdiction of the Department, including, but not limited to, the following: The Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton The Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, at Anna The Chester Mental Health Center, at Chester The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago The Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin The Metropolitan Children and Adolescents Center, at Chicago The Jacksonville Developmental Center, at Jacksonville The Governor Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center, at Kankakee The Tinley Park Mental Health Center, at Tinley Park The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center, at Centralia The Jack Mabley Developmental Center, at Dixon The Lincoln Developmental Center, at Lincoln The H. Douglas Singer Mental Health and Developmental Center, at Rockford The John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Chicago The George A. Zeller Mental Health Center, at Peoria The Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health Center, at Springfield The Adolf Meyer Mental Health Center, at Decatur The William W. Fox Developmental Center, at Dwight The Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center, at Park Forest The William A. Howe Developmental Center, at Tinley Park The Ann M. Kiley Developmental Center, at Waukegan. (b) Beginning not later than July 1, 1977, the Department shall cause each of the facilities under its jurisdiction which provide in-patient care to comply with standards, rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health prescribed under Section 6.05 of the Hospital Licensing Act. (b-5) The Department shall cause each of the facilities under its jurisdiction that provide in-patient care to comply with Section 6.25 of the Hospital Licensing Act. (c) The Department shall issue quarterly electronic reports to the General Assembly on admissions, deflections, discharges, bed closures, staff-resident ratios, census, average length of stay, and any adverse federal certification or accreditation findings, if any, for each State-operated facility for the mentally ill and for persons with developmental disabilities. The quarterly reports shall be issued by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year. The quarterly reports shall include the following information for each facility reflecting the period ending 15 days prior to the submission of the report: (1) the number of employees; (2) the number of workplace violence incidents that occurred, including the number that were a direct assault on employees by residents and the number that resulted from staff intervention in a resident altercation or other form of injurious behavior; (3) the number of employees impacted in each incident; and (4) the number of employee injuries resulting, descriptions of the nature of the injuries, the number of employee injuries requiring medical treatment at the facility, the number of employee injuries requiring outside medical treatment, and the number of days off work per injury. (d) The requirements in subsection (c) do not relieve the Department from the recordkeeping requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. (e) The Department shall: (1) establish a reasonable procedure for employees to report work-related assaults and injuries. A procedure is not reasonable if it would deter or discourage a reasonable employee from accurately reporting a workplace assault or injury; (2) inform each employee: (A) of the procedure for reporting work-related assaults and injuries; (B) of the right to report work-related assaults and injuries; and (C) that the Department is prohibited from discharging or in any manner discriminating against employees for reporting work-related assaults and injuries; and (3) not discharge, discipline, or in any manner discriminate against any employee for reporting a work-related assault or injury. (Source: P.A. 103-881, eff. 1-1-25.)
20 ILCS 1705/4.1
(20 ILCS 1705/4.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.1) Sec. 4.1. Mission statements. (a) The mission of State-operated facilities for persons with mental illness is to provide treatment, rehabilitation, and residential care to recipients admitted voluntarily or involuntarily because of their need for intensive services in a protective, secure setting. The Department shall offer services to a recipient within a State-operated facility as long as is necessary to accomplish stabilization of the recipient's psychiatric status and treatment regimen or arrangements for appropriate continued services. Services shall be provided in a safe, humane environment by staff with the appropriate credentials, licensure, and training. Services shall be based on professionally recognized models and shall be monitored for quality. Services shall include, but are not limited to: (1) Diagnosis; (2) Medication prescription, adjustment and stabilization; (3) Counseling and therapy; (4) Assessment and psychosocial rehabilitation of social, self-care, community living, and pre-vocational skills; (5) Recipient education regarding his or her illness and compliance with required treatment regimen; and (6) Discharge planning and linkage with community agencies. All services shall be rendered with adherence to recipient rights as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code as now or hereafter amended. (b) Each State-operated facility shall publish a mission statement which specifically defines its role in the system of services for persons with mental illness or persons with a developmental disability. Mission statements shall be developed with reference to all relevant factors, including but not limited to: (1) Geographic area or areas served; (2) Characteristics of persons appropriate for admission; (3) Bed capacity and facility model of unit organization (e.g., catchment area, service intensity or model, projected length of stay, etc.); (4) Specific program, treatment, habilitation and rehabilitation services offered; (5) Integration with community agencies and methods of assuring continuity of care; (6) Accreditation, certification, and licensure status; (7) Staffing levels and qualifications; and (8) Identification of recipient groups for which an alteration of service locus is or will be attempted and discussion of this process (e.g., deflection of voluntary psychiatric admissions to crisis programs in the community or movement of persons with moderate developmental disabilities to intermediate care facilities for persons with a developmental disability). Because the division of tasks between State-operated facilities and other service providers can change over time, mission statements shall be reviewed and revised every 3 years. Allowance for professional and public input shall be made and each facility shall prepare a summary of concerns regarding its operations, community linkage, inappropriately served or unserved populations, or other problems. Final publication of each mission statement shall include proposed actions to address major concerns to be undertaken by the facility and other providers in the system. (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
20 ILCS 1705/4.2
(20 ILCS 1705/4.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.2) Sec. 4.2. Facility staff. (a) The Department shall describe and delineate guidelines for each of the facilities it operates regarding the number and qualifications of the staff required to carry out prescribed duties. The guidelines shall be based on consideration of recipient needs as well as professional and programmatic requirements, including those established for purposes of national accreditation and for certification under Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act. (b) As used in this Section, "direct care position" means any position with the Department in which the job titles which will regularly or temporarily entail contact with recipients in the Department's facilities for persons with a mental illness or a developmental disability. (c) The Department shall require that each candidate for employment in a direct care position, as a condition of employment, shall submit to a fingerprint-based criminal background investigation to determine whether the candidate for employment in a direct care position has ever been charged with a crime and, if so, the disposition of those charges. This authorization shall indicate the scope of the inquiry and the agencies which may be contacted. Upon this authorization, the Director (or, on or after July 1, 1997, the Secretary) shall request and receive information and assistance from any federal, State or local governmental agency as part of the authorized investigation. The Illinois State Police shall provide information concerning any criminal charges, and their disposition, now or hereafter filed against a candidate for employment in a direct care position upon request of the Department when the request is made in the form and manner required by the Illinois State Police. Information concerning convictions of a candidate for employment in a direct care position investigated under this Section, including the source of the information and any conclusions or recommendations derived from the information, shall be provided, upon request, to the candidate for employment in a direct care position before final action by the Department on the application. Information on convictions of a candidate for employment in a direct care position under this Act shall be provided to the director of the employing unit, and, upon request, to the candidate for employment in a direct care position. Any information concerning criminal charges and the disposition of those charges obtained by the Department shall be confidential and may not be transmitted outside the Department, except as required in this Act, and may not be transmitted to anyone within the Department except as needed for the purpose of evaluating an application of a candidate for employment in a direct care position. Only information and standards which bear a reasonable and rational relation to the performance of a direct care position shall be used by the Department. Any employee of the Department or the Illinois State Police receiving confidential information under this Section who gives or causes to be given any confidential information concerning any criminal convictions of a candidate for employment in a direct care position shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless release of the information is authorized by this Section. A Department employing unit may hire, on a probationary basis, any candidate for employment in a direct care position, authorizing a criminal background investigation under this Section, pending the result of the investigation. A candidate for employment in a direct care position shall be notified before he or she is hired that his or her employment may be terminated on the basis of criminal background information obtained by the employing unit. No person may be employed in a direct care position who refuses to authorize an investigation as required by this subsection (c). (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
20 ILCS 1705/4.3
(20 ILCS 1705/4.3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.3) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-465) Sec. 4.3. Site visits and inspections. (a) (Blank). (b) The Department shall establish a system of regular and ongoing on-site inspections that shall occur at least annually of each facility under its jurisdiction. The inspections shall be conducted by the Department's central office to: (1) Determine facility compliance with Department policies and procedures; (2) Determine facility compliance with audit recommendations; (3) Evaluate facility compliance with applicable federal standards; (4) Review and follow up on complaints made by community mental health agencies and advocates, and on findings of the Human Rights Authority division of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; (5) Review administrative and management problems identified by other sources; and (6) Identify and prevent abuse and neglect. (Source: P.A. 95-427, eff. 1-1-08.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-465) Sec. 4.3. Site visits and inspections. (a) (Blank). (b) The Department shall establish a system of regular and ongoing on-site inspections that shall occur at least annually of each facility under its jurisdiction. The inspections shall be conducted by the Department's central office to: (1) Determine facility compliance with Department policies and procedures; (2) Determine facility compliance with audit recommendations; (3) Evaluate facility compliance with applicable federal standards; (4) Review and follow up on complaints made by community mental health agencies and advocates, and on findings of the Division of Disability Rights and Protections of the Department of Disability Advocacy and Guardianship; (5) Review administrative and management problems identified by other sources; and (6) Identify and prevent abuse and neglect. (Source: P.A. 104-465, eff. 7-1-27.)
20 ILCS 1705/4.4
(20 ILCS 1705/4.4) Sec. 4.4. Direct support professional credential pilot program. (a) In this Section, "direct support professional credential" means a document issued to an individual by a recognized accrediting body attesting that the individual has met the professional requirements of the credentialing program by the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human Services. (b) The Division or a Division partner shall initiate a program to continue to gain the expertise and knowledge of the developmental disabilities workforce and of the developmental disabilities workforce recruitment and retention needs throughout the developmental disabilities field. The Division shall implement a direct support professional credential pilot program to assist and attract persons into the field of direct support, advance direct support as a career, and professionalize the field to promote workforce recruitment and retention efforts, advanced skills and competencies, and further ensure the health, safety, and well-being of persons being served. (c) The direct support professional credential pilot program is created within the Division to assist persons in the field of developmental disabilities in obtaining a credential in their fields of expertise. (d) The pilot program shall be administered by the Division for 3 years, beginning in Fiscal Year 2028. The pilot program shall include providers licensed and certified by the Division or by the Department of Public Health. The purpose of the pilot program is to assess how the establishment of a State-administered direct support professional credential: (1) promotes recruitment and retention efforts in the developmental disabilities field, notably the direct support professional position; (2) enhances competence in the developmental disabilities field; (3) yields quality supports and services to persons with developmental disabilities; and (4) advances the health and safety requirements set forth by the State. (e) The Division or a Division partner, in administering the pilot program, shall consider, but not be limited to, the following: (1) best practices learning initiatives, including the University of Minnesota's college of direct support and all Illinois Department of Human Services-approved direct support professional competencies; (2) national direct support professional competencies or credentialing-based standards and trainings; (3) facilitating direct support professional's portfolio development; (4) the role and value of skill mentors; and (5) creating a career ladder. (f) The Division shall produce a report detailing the progress of the pilot program, including, but not limited to: (1) the rate of recruitment and retention for direct support professionals of providers participating in the pilot program compared to the rate for non-participating providers; (2) the number of direct support professional credentialed; and (3) the enhancement of quality supports and services to persons with developmental disabilities. (Source: P.A. 103-998, eff. 8-9-24; 104-503, eff. 6-26-26; 104-852, eff. 8-21-26.)
20 ILCS 1705/5
(20 ILCS 1705/5) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-5) Sec. 5. The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department under this Act, except that in case of conflict between the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and this Act the provisions of this Act shall control, and except that Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to procedures for rule-making does not apply to the adoption of any rule required by federal law in connection with which the Department is precluded by law from exercising any discretion. (Source: P.A. 88-45.)
20 ILCS 1705/5.1
(20 ILCS 1705/5.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-5.1) Sec. 5.1. The Department shall develop, by rule, the procedures and standards by which it shall approve medications for clinical use in its facilities. A list of those drugs approved pursuant to these procedures shall be distributed to all Department facilities. Drugs not listed by the Department may not be administered in facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department, provided that an unlisted drug may be administered as part of research with the prior written consent of the Secretary specifying the nature of the permitted use and the physicians authorized to prescribe the drug. Drugs, as used in this Section, mean psychotropic and narcotic drugs. No physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant in the Department shall sign a prescription in blank, nor permit blank prescription forms to circulate out of his possession or control. (Source: P.A. 99-581, eff. 1-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
20 ILCS 1705/6
(20 ILCS 1705/6) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-6) Sec. 6. To appoint and remove facility directors of the State mental health and developmental disabilities centers, and to obtain all other employees of those facilities and all other employees of the Department. All executive level employees of the Department who have any other employment shall report such other employment to the Department and to the Department of Central Management Services in a manner prescribed by the Department of Central Management Services. (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
20 ILCS 1705/7
(20 ILCS 1705/7) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-7) Sec. 7. To receive and provide the highest possible quality of humane and rehabilitative care and treatment to all persons admitted or committed or transferred in accordance with law to the facilities, divisions, programs, and services under the jurisdiction of the Department. No resident of another state shall be received or retained to the exclusion of any resident of this State. No resident of another state shall be received or retained to the exclusion of any resident of this State. All recipients of 17 years of age and under in residence in a Department facility other than a facility for the care of persons with intellectual disabilities shall be housed in quarters separated from older recipients except for: (a) recipients who are placed in medical-surgical units because of physical illness; and (b) recipients between 13 and 18 years of age who need temporary security measures. All recipients in a Department facility shall be given a dental examination by a licensed dentist or registered dental hygienist at least once every 18 months and shall be assigned to a dentist for such dental care and treatment as is necessary. All medications administered to recipients shall be administered only by those persons who are legally qualified to do so by the laws of the State of Illinois. Medication shall not be prescribed until a physical and mental examination of the recipient has been completed. If, in the clinical judgment of a physician, it is necessary to administer medication to a recipient before the completion of the physical and mental examination, he may prescribe such medication but he must file a report with the facility director setting forth the reasons for prescribing such medication within 24 hours of the prescription. A copy of the report shall be part of the recipient's record. No later than January 1, 2005, the Department shall adopt a model protocol and forms for recording all patient diagnosis, care, and treatment at each State-operated facility for the mentally ill and for persons with developmental disabilities under the jurisdiction of the Department. The model protocol and forms shall be used by each facility unless the Department determines that equivalent alternatives justify an exemption. Every facility under the jurisdiction of the Department shall maintain a copy of each report of suspected abuse or neglect of the patient. Copies of those reports shall be made available to the State Auditor General in connection with his biennial program audit of the facility as required by Section 3-2 of the Illinois State Auditing Act. No later than January 1 2004, the Department shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly whether each State-operated facility for the mentally ill and for persons with developmental disabilities under the jurisdiction of the Department and all services provided in those facilities comply with all of the applicable standards adopted by the Social Security Administration under Subchapter XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395-1395ccc), if the facility and services may be eligible for federal financial participation under that federal law. For those facilities that do comply, the report shall indicate what actions need to be taken to ensure continued compliance. For those facilities that do not comply, the report shall indicate what actions need to be taken to bring each facility into compliance. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/7.1 Individual Care Grants
(20 ILCS 1705/7.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-7.1) Sec. 7.1. Individual Care Grants. (a) For the purposes of this Section 7.1, "Department" means the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. (b) To assist families in seeking intensive community-based services or residential placement for children with mental illness, for whom no appropriate care is available in State-operated facilities, the Department shall supplement the amount a family is able to pay, as determined by the Department and the amount available from other sources, provided the Department's share shall not exceed a uniform maximum rate to be determined from time to time by the Department. The Department may exercise the authority under this Section as is necessary to implement the provisions of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and to administer Individual Care Grants. The Department shall work collaboratively with stakeholders and family representatives in the implementation of this Section. (c) A child shall continue to be eligible for an Individual Care Grant if (1): the child is placed in the temporary custody of the Department of Children and Family Services under Article II of the Juvenile Care Act of 1987 because the child was left at a psychiatric hospital beyond medical necessity and an application for the Family Support Program was pending with the Department or an active application was being reviewed by the Department when the petition under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 was filed; or (2) the child is placed in the guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services under Article V of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 because the child requires care in a residential treatment facility and an application for the Family Support Program was pending with the Department or an active application was being reviewed by the Department when the guardianship order was entered. (d) If the Department determines that the child meets all the eligibility criteria for Family Support Services and approves the application, the Department shall notify the parents and the Department of Children and Family Services. The court hearing the child's case under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall conduct a hearing within 14 days after all parties have been notified and determine whether to vacate the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services and return the child to the custody of his or her parents with Family Support Services in place or whether the child shall continue in the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services and decline the Family Support Program. The court shall conduct the hearing under Section 2-4b or Section 5-711 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. If the court vacates the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services and returns the child to the custody of the parent, guardian, or other adult respondent with Family Support Services, the Department shall become fiscally responsible for providing services to the child. If the court determines that the child shall continue in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Children and Family Services shall remain fiscally responsible for providing services to the child, the Family Support Services shall be declined, and the child shall no longer be eligible for Family Support Services as long as the child remains in the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services. (e) The Department shall provide an expedited review process for applications for minors in the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services who continue to remain eligible for Individual Care Grants. The Department shall work collaboratively with stakeholders, including legal representatives of minors in care, providers of residential treatment services, and with the Department of Children and Family Services, to ensure that minors who are recipients of Individual Care Grants under this Section and Sections 2-4b and 5-711 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 do not experience a disruption in services if the minor transitions from one program to another. The Department shall adopt rules to implement this Section no later than July 1, 2019. (Source: P.A. 100-978, eff. 8-19-18; 101-78, eff. 7-12-19.)
20 ILCS 1705/7.2
(20 ILCS 1705/7.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-7.2) Sec. 7.2. No otherwise qualified child with a disability receiving special education and related services under Article 14 of The School Code shall solely by reason of his or her disability be excluded from the participation in or be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity provided by the Department. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/7.3 Health Care Worker Registry
(20 ILCS 1705/7.3) Sec. 7.3. Health Care Worker Registry. The Department shall require that no facility, service agency, or support agency providing mental health or developmental disability services that is licensed, certified, operated, or funded by the Department shall employ a person, in any capacity, who is identified by the Health Care Worker Registry as having been the subject of a substantiated finding of physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial exploitation, egregious neglect, or material obstruction of an investigation. Any owner or operator of a community agency who is identified by the Health Care Worker Registry as having been the subject of a substantiated finding of physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial exploitation, egregious neglect, or material obstruction of an investigation is prohibited from any involvement in any capacity with the provision of Department funded mental health or developmental disability services. The Department shall establish and maintain the rules that are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Section. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any facility, service agency, or support agency licensed or certified by a State agency other than the Department, unless operated by the Department of Human Services. (Source: P.A. 103-76, eff. 6-9-23.)
20 ILCS 1705/8
(20 ILCS 1705/8) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-8) Sec. 8. To control the admission and transfer of recipients or other persons in the facilities and programs of the Department. The Department may divide the State into districts for the purpose of regulating the admission of recipients to mental health facilities for persons with mental illness. The Department may change the boundaries of the districts, from time to time, as may be necessary or expedient. Whenever such division or regulation shall have been made, the Department shall forthwith make and sign a report to that effect, designating the boundaries of and the counties included within each district and the number of recipients apportioned to each mental health facility and file the same with the Secretary of State, and send a copy thereof to the director of each mental health facility and to the circuit court of each county, and to the circuit clerk of each county in the State, to be filed in his office, and thereafter the State shall be divided into such districts. Whenever any change in such classification or regulation is made thereafter, a like report shall be made and filed, and a copy thereof sent to the circuit court of each county and to the circuit clerks of all counties affected by such change, as well as to the facility director of the respective State mental health facilities. (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
20 ILCS 1705/8.1
(20 ILCS 1705/8.1) Sec. 8.1. Admission to State-operated facilities for persons with developmental disabilities. (a) For any individual or guardian, or both, if applicable, seeking admission for the individual to a State-operated facility for persons with developmental disabilities the individual must meet the following criteria in order to be approved for admission: (1) the individual is at least 18 years of age; (2) the individual and the individual's guardian, as applicable, have received, attempted to receive, or received education regarding community-based services and supports; (3) the individual meets the intermediate care facility level of care definition; and (4) the individual meets all clinical eligibility requirements including having an intellectual disability as defined in this Act. (b) Upon admission to a State-operated facility for persons with developmental disabilities, the facility shall complete at least annual reviews of the individual's clinical need for continued services in order to determine if these needs are able to be met in a less restrictive setting. Comprehensive and integrated assessments shall be used to assist in determining the level of care and services most appropriate to meet the individual's needs. (c) All individuals shall have the right to know their options for supports and shall be provided the opportunity to learn about the full spectrum of care, including the range of possible living environments available as provided by entities, including, but not limited to, State-operated facilities and case management agencies. If an individual indicates that the individual would like to move to a less restrictive environment, activities to explore and take steps regarding the range of options shall be provided to the individual and guardian, if applicable. The interdisciplinary team shall assist the individual and guardian, if applicable, to identify placements that are able to meet the individual's needs, excluding when there are severe safety concerns identified by the interdisciplinary team that cannot be easily mitigated with interventions that are commonly used in the community. An individual's support plan shall include services to address identified needs if the individual is clinically determined to no longer meet the intermediate care facility level of care, or be at risk of harm to the individual or others. Thoughtful transition planning shall take place to assist with finding a less restrictive environment of the individual's choosing, and guardian's choosing, if applicable. (Source: P.A. 103-1042, eff. 1-1-25.)
20 ILCS 1705/9
(20 ILCS 1705/9) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-9) Sec. 9. Reasonable charges, as determined by the Department, shall be imposed for outpatient services at State facilities. Any payments made pursuant to this Section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in the Mental Health Fund. Charges may be waived for persons who are unable to make any payment. (Source: P.A. 86-922.)
20 ILCS 1705/10
(20 ILCS 1705/10) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10) Sec. 10. To examine persons admitted to facilities of the Department for treatment of mental illness or developmental disability to determine if the person has a substance use disorder as defined in the Substance Use Disorder Act. Based on such examination, the Department shall provide necessary medical, education and rehabilitation services, and shall arrange for further assessment and referral of such persons to appropriate treatment services for persons with substance use disorders. Referral of such persons by the Department to appropriate treatment services for persons with substance use disorders shall be made to providers who are able to accept the persons and perform a further assessment within a clinically appropriate time. This Section does not require that the Department maintain an individual in a Department facility who is otherwise eligible for discharge as provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The Department shall not deny treatment and care to any person subject to admission to a facility under its control for treatment for a mental illness or developmental disability solely on the basis of their substance use disorders. (Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
20 ILCS 1705/10.1
(20 ILCS 1705/10.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10.1) Sec. 10.1. Every woman of child-bearing age who is admitted to a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department shall, with her consent or the consent of her guardian, be tested for pregnancy upon admission and thereafter as indicated. For a recipient who is admitted to and remains in a facility for more than 60 days a record of each such recipient's menstrual cycles shall be maintained. A plan for complete prenatal care shall be developed and implemented for each recipient who is found to be pregnant. On-site prenatal care shall be provided to recipients who are not verbal or who otherwise cannot communicate with a provider of care because of a severe disability, in which case the facility administrator shall also seek the consent of the recipient's legal guardian for special care for the recipient, or shall arrange for a temporary or limited guardianship of the person of the recipient for the purpose of obtaining consent to diagnosis and treatment of the recipient. Discharge planning for a pregnant recipient shall specifically include provision for continuity of prenatal care. (Source: P.A. 97-138, eff. 7-14-11.)
20 ILCS 1705/10.5 Prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
(20 ILCS 1705/10.5) Sec. 10.5. Prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The Department, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall adopt rules that may require one or more of the facilities described in Section 4 of this Act to implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli (GNB), pursuant to updated prevention and control interventions recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Department shall also require facilities to submit reports to the Department that contain substantially the same information contained in the related infection reports required to be submitted by hospitals to the Department of Public Health under Section 25 of the Hospital Report Card Act. The Department shall provide that information to the Department of Public Health upon the Department of Public Health's request. (Source: P.A. 95-282, eff. 8-20-07.)
20 ILCS 1705/11.1
(20 ILCS 1705/11.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-11.1) Sec. 11.1. To provide for all recipients living in State mental health facilities between the ages of 3 and 21 years special education services, as defined by the Department, to the extent that such services are practical for each child's needs. Upon discharge of the child, a report of the discharge, accompanied by a report on the special education services received by that child while in the facility shall be forwarded to the State Board of Education and to the resident school district. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/11.2 To maintain and operate the Bureau for Mentally Ill Children and Adolescents and the Bureau for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
(20 ILCS 1705/11.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-11.2) Sec. 11.2. To maintain and operate the Bureau for Mentally Ill Children and Adolescents and the Bureau for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities. Each Bureau shall: (a) develop the Department policies necessary to assure a coherent services system for, and develop and coordinate planning on a Statewide basis for delivery of services to, children or adolescents with mental illness and children and adolescents with a developmental disability, including: (1) assessment of the need for various types of programs, such as prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, and (2) design of a system to integrate additional services, including service alternatives; (b) provide consultation and technical assistance to the appropriate Department subdivisions and coordinate service planning and development efforts for children and adolescents with a developmental disability and children or adolescents with mental illness; (c) develop cooperative programs with community service providers and other State agencies which serve children; (d) assist families in the placement of children with mental illness, as specified in Section 7.1; and (e) develop minimum standards for the operation of both State-provided and contracted community-based services for promulgation as rules. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/11.3
(20 ILCS 1705/11.3) Sec. 11.3. Transition services; children with disabilities. A child with a disability who receives residential and educational services directly from or paid by the Department shall be eligible to receive transition services in accordance with Article 14 of the School Code from the age of 14.5 through age 21, inclusive, notwithstanding the child's residential services arrangement. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Department shall review its policies and regulations that create obstacles to the provision of these services and within the constraint of existing federal or State law change or modify the policies and regulations to support the provision of transition services in accordance with Article 14 of the School Code. For the purposes of this Section, "child with a disability" means a child with a disability as defined by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. (Source: P.A. 96-1189, eff. 7-22-10.)
20 ILCS 1705/11.4
(20 ILCS 1705/11.4) Sec. 11.4. Care portal for families with children who have complex behavioral health needs. The Department shall establish and maintain a public-facing Care Portal to serve as a centralized resource for families with children who have significant and complex behavioral health needs. The Care Portal shall streamline the process of directing families and guardians to the appropriate level and type of care for their children. In consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Officer, the Department shall develop specifications for the Care Portal that ensure automatic service eligibility matching, transparent data sharing, regular reporting, and appropriate staffing, among other items. The Department shall, in coordination with the Departments of Children and Family Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Juvenile Justice, and Public Health as well as the State Board of Education, develop training and communication for school districts, hospital social workers, and system partners to demonstrate how individuals can assist a family seeking youth behavioral health services and how to access the Care Portal. Such training must include information on the applicable federal and State law for the determination of the need for residential placements for educational purposes by individualized education program (IEP) teams. Procedures for use of the Care Portal must not prohibit or limit residential facilities from accepting students placed by school districts for educational purposes as determined by the IEP team. (Source: P.A. 103-546, eff. 8-11-23.)
20 ILCS 1705/12
(20 ILCS 1705/12) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-12) Sec. 12. To promote and advance knowledge, through research, in the causes and treatment of mental illness, to train competent psychiatric personnel available for service in the State facilities and elsewhere, and contribute to meeting the need for treatment for recipients with mental illness. (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)
20 ILCS 1705/12.1
(20 ILCS 1705/12.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-12.1) Sec. 12.1. To establish a distinct operational unit for the purpose of seeking and implementing in the programs of the Department, new knowledge regarding mental illness and its treatment. This unit shall also concern itself with the relationships among research activity, program development, personnel training and the provision of the most effective services possible. The Secretary shall name this unit and determine where it shall be located. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/12.2 Mental Health Commitment Training
(20 ILCS 1705/12.2) Sec. 12.2. Mental Health Commitment Training. (a) The Department shall develop and present annually at least one training event for judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, private attorneys, law enforcement personnel, hospital and community agency personnel, persons with mental illness, physicians, psychologists, social workers, emergency room personnel, and other health care personnel regarding mental illness, the standards for civil commitment and involuntary treatment, completing documentation, and changes in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. (b) The Department may provide multiple training events, regional training events, and training events by professional discipline. The materials developed for the training events shall be made available on the Department's website. The Department shall develop this training in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, bar associations, the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board, appropriate statewide organizations representing health care providers, organizations representing or advocating for persons with mental illness, and any appropriate statewide organization of licensed professionals. (c) The Department shall annually report on the number of persons attending the training events. (Source: P.A. 93-376, eff. 7-24-03.)
20 ILCS 1705/14 Chester Mental Health Center
(20 ILCS 1705/14) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-14) (Text of Section from P.A. 101-513) Sec. 14. Chester Mental Health Center. To maintain and operate a facility for the care, custody, and treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities hereinafter designated, to be known as the Chester Mental Health Center. Within the Chester Mental Health Center there shall be confined the following classes of persons, whose history, in the opinion of the Department, discloses dangerous or violent tendencies and who, upon examination under the direction of the Department, have been found a fit subject for confinement in that facility: (a) Any male person who is charged with the commission of a crime but has been acquitted by reason of insanity as provided in Section 5-2-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections. (b) Any male person who is charged with the commission of a crime but has been found unfit under Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. (c) Any male person with mental illness or developmental disabilities or person in need of mental treatment now confined under the supervision of the Department or hereafter admitted to any facility thereof or committed thereto by any court of competent jurisdiction. If and when it shall appear to the facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center that it is necessary to confine persons in order to maintain security or provide for the protection and safety of recipients and staff, the Chester Mental Health Center may confine all persons on a unit to their rooms. This period of confinement shall not exceed 10 hours in a 24 hour period, including the recipient's scheduled hours of sleep, unless approved by the Secretary of the Department. During the period of confinement, the persons confined shall be observed at least every 15 minutes. A record shall be kept of the observations. This confinement shall not be considered seclusion as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center may authorize the temporary use of handcuffs on a recipient for a period not to exceed 10 minutes when necessary in the course of transport of the recipient within the facility to maintain custody or security. Use of handcuffs is subject to the provisions of Section 2-108 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The facility shall keep a monthly record listing each instance in which handcuffs are used, circumstances indicating the need for use of handcuffs, and time of application of handcuffs and time of release therefrom. The facility director shall allow the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, and the Department to examine and copy such record upon request. The facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center may authorize the temporary use of transport devices on a civil recipient when necessary in the course of transport of the civil recipient outside the facility to maintain custody or security. The decision whether to use any transport devices shall be reviewed and approved on an individualized basis by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant based upon a determination of the civil recipient's: (1) history of violence, (2) history of violence during transports, (3) history of escapes and escape attempts, (4) history of trauma, (5) history of incidents of restraint or seclusion and use of involuntary medication, (6) current functioning level and medical status, and (7) prior experience during similar transports, and the length, duration, and purpose of the transport. The least restrictive transport device consistent with the individual's need shall be used. Staff transporting the individual shall be trained in the use of the transport devices, recognizing and responding to a person in distress, and shall observe and monitor the individual while being transported. The facility shall keep a monthly record listing all transports, including those transports for which use of transport devices was not sought, those for which use of transport devices was sought but denied, and each instance in which transport devices are used, circumstances indicating the need for use of transport devices, time of application of transport devices, time of release from those devices, and any adverse events. The facility director shall allow the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, and the Department to examine and copy the record upon request. This use of transport devices shall not be considered restraint as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. For the purpose of this Section "transport device" means ankle cuffs, handcuffs, waist chains or wrist-waist devices designed to restrict an individual's range of motion while being transported. These devices must be approved by the Division of Mental Health, used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, and used only by qualified staff members who have completed all training required to be eligible to transport patients and all other required training relating to the safe use and application of transport devices, including recognizing and responding to signs of distress in an individual whose movement is being restricted by a transport device. If and when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Department that any person confined in the Chester Mental Health Center is not or has ceased to be such a source of danger to the public as to require his subjection to the regimen of the center, the Department is hereby authorized to transfer such person to any State facility for treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities, as the nature of the individual case may require. Subject to the provisions of this Section, the Department, except where otherwise provided by law, shall, with respect to the management, conduct and control of the Chester Mental Health Center and the discipline, custody and treatment of the persons confined therein, have and exercise the same rights and powers as are vested by law in the Department with respect to any and all of the State facilities for treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities, and the recipients thereof, and shall be subject to the same duties as are imposed by law upon the Department with respect to such facilities and the recipients thereof. The Department may elect to place persons who have been ordered by the court to be detained under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act in a distinct portion of the Chester Mental Health Center. The persons so placed shall be separated and shall not comingle with the recipients of the Chester Mental Health Center. The portion of Chester Mental Health Center that is used for the persons detained under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act shall not be a part of the mental health facility for the enforcement and implementation of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code nor shall their care and treatment be subject to the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The changes added to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are inoperative on and after June 30, 2015. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-581, eff. 1-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-465) Sec. 14. Chester Mental Health Center. To maintain and operate a facility for the care, custody, and treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities hereinafter designated, to be known as the Chester Mental Health Center. Within the Chester Mental Health Center there shall be confined the following classes of persons, whose history, in the opinion of the Department, discloses dangerous or violent tendencies and who, upon examination under the direction of the Department, have been found a fit subject for confinement in that facility: (a) Any male person who is charged with the commission of a crime but has been acquitted by reason of insanity as provided in Section 5-2-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections. (b) Any male person who is charged with the commission of a crime but has been found unfit under Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. (c) Any male person with mental illness or developmental disabilities or person in need of mental treatment now confined under the supervision of the Department or hereafter admitted to any facility thereof or committed thereto by any court of competent jurisdiction. If and when it shall appear to the facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center that it is necessary to confine persons in order to maintain security or provide for the protection and safety of recipients and staff, the Chester Mental Health Center may confine all persons on a unit to their rooms. This period of confinement shall not exceed 10 hours in a 24-hour period, including the recipient's scheduled hours of sleep, unless approved by the Secretary of the Department. During the period of confinement, the persons confined shall be observed at least every 15 minutes. A record shall be kept of the observations. This confinement shall not be considered seclusion as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center may authorize the temporary use of handcuffs on a recipient for a period not to exceed 10 minutes when necessary in the course of transport of the recipient within the facility to maintain custody or security. Use of handcuffs is subject to the provisions of Section 2-108 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The facility shall keep a monthly record listing each instance in which handcuffs are used, circumstances indicating the need for use of handcuffs, and time of application of handcuffs and time of release therefrom. The facility director shall allow the Department of Disability Advocacy and Guardianship, the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, and the Department to examine and copy such record upon request. The facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center may authorize the temporary use of transport devices on a civil recipient when necessary in the course of transport of the civil recipient outside the facility to maintain custody or security. The decision whether to use any transport devices shall be reviewed and approved on an individualized basis by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant based upon a determination of the civil recipient's: (1) history of violence, (2) history of violence during transports, (3) history of escapes and escape attempts, (4) history of trauma, (5) history of incidents of restraint or seclusion and use of involuntary medication, (6) current functioning level and medical status, and (7) prior experience during similar transports, and the length, duration, and purpose of the transport. The least restrictive transport device consistent with the individual's need shall be used. Staff transporting the individual shall be trained in the use of the transport devices, recognizing and responding to a person in distress, and shall observe and monitor the individual while being transported. The facility shall keep a monthly record listing all transports, including those transports for which use of transport devices was not sought, those for which use of transport devices was sought but denied, and each instance in which transport devices are used, circumstances indicating the need for use of transport devices, time of application of transport devices, time of release from those devices, and any adverse events. The facility director shall allow the Department of Disability Advocacy and Guardianship, the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, and the Department to examine and copy the record upon request. This use of transport devices shall not be considered restraint as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. For the purpose of this Section "transport device" means ankle cuffs, handcuffs, waist chains or wrist-waist devices designed to restrict an individual's range of motion while being transported. These devices must be approved by the Division of Mental Health, used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, and used only by qualified staff members who have completed all training required to be eligible to transport patients and all other required training relating to the safe use and application of transport devices, including recognizing and responding to signs of distress in an individual whose movement is being restricted by a transport device. If and when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Department that any person confined in the Chester Mental Health Center is not or has ceased to be such a source of danger to the public as to require his subjection to the regimen of the center, the Department is hereby authorized to transfer such person to any State facility for treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities, as the nature of the individual case may require. Subject to the provisions of this Section, the Department, except where otherwise provided by law, shall, with respect to the management, conduct and control of the Chester Mental Health Center and the discipline, custody and treatment of the persons confined therein, have and exercise the same rights and powers as are vested by law in the Department with respect to any and all of the State facilities for treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities, and the recipients thereof, and shall be subject to the same duties as are imposed by law upon the Department with respect to such facilities and the recipients thereof. The Department may elect to place persons who have been ordered by the court to be detained under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act in a distinct portion of the Chester Mental Health Center. The persons so placed shall be separated and shall not commingle with the recipients of the Chester Mental Health Center. The portion of Chester Mental Health Center that is used for the persons detained under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act shall not be a part of the mental health facility for the enforcement and implementation of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code nor shall their care and treatment be subject to the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The changes added to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are inoperative on and after June 30, 2015. (Source: P.A. 104-465, eff. 7-1-27.) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-742) Sec. 14. Chester Mental Health Center. To maintain and operate a facility for the care, custody, and treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities hereinafter designated, to be known as the Chester Mental Health Center. Within the Chester Mental Health Center there shall be confined the following classes of persons, whose history, in the opinion of the Department, discloses dangerous or violent tendencies and who, upon examination under the direction of the Department, have been found a fit subject for confinement in that facility: (a) Any male person who is charged with the commission of a crime but has been acquitted by reason of insanity as provided in Section 5-2-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections. (b) Any male person who is charged with the commission of a crime but has been found unfit under Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. (c) Any male person with mental illness or developmental disabilities or person in need of mental treatment now confined under the supervision of the Department or hereafter admitted to any facility thereof or committed thereto by any court of competent jurisdiction. If and when it shall appear to the facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center that it is necessary to confine persons in order to maintain security or provide for the protection and safety of recipients and staff, the Chester Mental Health Center may confine all persons on a unit to their rooms. This period of confinement shall not exceed 10 hours in a 24 hour period, including the recipient's scheduled hours of sleep, unless approved by the Secretary of the Department. During the period of confinement, the persons confined shall be observed at least every 15 minutes. A record shall be kept of the observations. This confinement shall not be considered seclusion as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center may authorize the temporary use of handcuffs on a recipient for a period not to exceed 10 minutes when necessary in the course of transport of the recipient within the facility to maintain custody or security. Use of handcuffs is subject to the provisions of Section 2-108 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The facility shall keep a monthly record listing each instance in which handcuffs are used, circumstances indicating the need for use of handcuffs, and time of application of handcuffs and time of release therefrom. The facility director shall allow the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, and the Department to examine and copy such record upon request. The facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center may authorize the temporary use of transport devices on a civil recipient when necessary in the course of transport of the civil recipient outside the facility to maintain custody or security. The decision whether to use any transport devices shall be reviewed and approved on an individualized basis by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant based upon a determination of the civil recipient's: (1) history of violence, (2) history of violence during transports, (3) history of escapes and escape attempts, (4) history of trauma, (5) history of incidents of restraint or seclusion and use of involuntary medication, (6) current functioning level and medical status, and (7) prior experience during similar transports, and the length, duration, and purpose of the transport. The least restrictive transport device consistent with the individual's need shall be used. Staff transporting the individual shall be trained in the use of the transport devices, recognizing and responding to a person in distress, and shall observe and monitor the individual while being transported. The facility shall keep a monthly record listing all transports, including those transports for which use of transport devices was not sought, those for which use of transport devices was sought but denied, and each instance in which transport devices are used, circumstances indicating the need for use of transport devices, time of application of transport devices, time of release from those devices, and any adverse events. The facility director shall allow the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, and the Department to examine and copy the record upon request. This use of transport devices shall not be considered restraint as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. For the purpose of this Section "transport device" means ankle cuffs, handcuffs, waist chains or wrist-waist devices designed to restrict an individual's range of motion while being transported. These devices must be approved by the Department, used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, and used only by qualified staff members who have completed all training required to be eligible to transport patients and all other required training relating to the safe use and application of transport devices, including recognizing and responding to signs of distress in an individual whose movement is being restricted by a transport device. If and when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Department that any person confined in the Chester Mental Health Center is not or has ceased to be such a source of danger to the public as to require his subjection to the regimen of the center, the Department is hereby authorized to transfer such person to any State facility for treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities, as the nature of the individual case may require. Subject to the provisions of this Section, the Department, except where otherwise provided by law, shall, with respect to the management, conduct and control of the Chester Mental Health Center and the discipline, custody and treatment of the persons confined therein, have and exercise the same rights and powers as are vested by law in the Department with respect to any and all of the State facilities for treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with developmental disabilities, and the recipients thereof, and shall be subject to the same duties as are imposed by law upon the Department with respect to such facilities and the recipients thereof. The Department may elect to place persons who have been ordered by the court to be detained under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act in a distinct portion of the Chester Mental Health Center. The persons so placed shall be separated and shall not comingle with the recipients of the Chester Mental Health Center. The portion of Chester Mental Health Center that is used for the persons detained under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act shall not be a part of the mental health facility for the enforcement and implementation of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code nor shall their care and treatment be subject to the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The changes added to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are inoperative on and after June 30, 2015. (Source: P.A. 104-742, eff. 1-1-27.)
20 ILCS 1705/15
(20 ILCS 1705/15) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15) Sec. 15. Before any person is released from a facility operated by the State pursuant to an absolute discharge or a conditional discharge from hospitalization under this Act, the facility director of the facility in which such person is hospitalized shall determine that such person is not currently in need of hospitalization and: (a) is able to live independently in the community; or (b) requires further oversight and supervisory care for which arrangements have been made with responsible relatives or supervised residential program approved by the Department; or (c) requires further personal care or general oversight as defined by the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, for which placement arrangements have been made with a suitable family home or other licensed facility approved by the Department under this Section; or (d) requires community mental health services for which arrangements have been made with a community mental health provider in accordance with criteria, standards, and procedures promulgated by rule. Such determination shall be made in writing and shall become a part of the facility record of such absolutely or conditionally discharged person. When the determination indicates that the condition of the person to be granted an absolute discharge or a conditional discharge is described under subparagraph (c) or (d) of this Section, the name and address of the continuing care facility or home to which such person is to be released shall be entered in the facility record. Where a discharge from a mental health facility is made under subparagraph (c), the Department shall assign the person so discharged to an existing community based not-for-profit agency for participation in day activities suitable to the person's needs, such as but not limited to social and vocational rehabilitation, and other recreational, educational and financial activities unless the community based not-for-profit agency is unqualified to accept such assignment. Where the clientele of any not-for-profit agency increases as a result of assignments under this amendatory Act of 1977 by more than 3% over the prior year, the Department shall fully reimburse such agency for the costs of providing services to such persons in excess of such 3% increase. The Department shall keep written records detailing how many persons have been assigned to a community based not-for-profit agency and how many persons were not so assigned because the community based agency was unable to accept the assignments, in accordance with criteria, standards, and procedures promulgated by rule. Whenever a community based agency is found to be unable to accept the assignments, the name of the agency and the reason for the finding shall be included in the report. Insofar as desirable in the interests of the former recipient, the facility, program or home in which the discharged person is to be placed shall be located in or near the community in which the person resided prior to hospitalization or in the community in which the person's family or nearest next of kin presently reside. Placement of the discharged person in facilities, programs or homes located outside of this State shall not be made by the Department unless there are no appropriate facilities, programs or homes available within this State. Out-of-state placements shall be subject to return of recipients so placed upon the availability of facilities, programs or homes within this State to accommodate these recipients, except where placement in a contiguous state results in locating a recipient in a facility or program closer to the recipient's home or family. If an appropriate facility or program becomes available equal to or closer to the recipient's home or family, the recipient shall be returned to and placed at the appropriate facility or program within this State. To place any person who is under a program of the Department at board in a suitable family home or in such other facility or program as the Department may consider desirable. The Department may place in licensed nursing homes, sheltered care homes, or homes for the aged those persons whose behavioral manifestations and medical and nursing care needs are such as to be substantially indistinguishable from persons already living in such facilities. Prior to any placement by the Department under this Section, a determination shall be made by the personnel of the Department, as to the capability and suitability of such facility to adequately meet the needs of the person to be discharged. When specialized programs are necessary in order to enable persons in need of supervised living to develop and improve in the community, the Department shall place such persons only in specialized residential care facilities which shall meet Department standards including restricted admission policy, special staffing and programming for social and vocational rehabilitation, in addition to the requirements of the appropriate State licensing agency. The Department shall not place any new person in a facility the license of which has been revoked or not renewed on grounds of inadequate programming, staffing, or medical or adjunctive services, regardless of the pendency of an action for administrative review regarding such revocation or failure to renew. Before the Department may transfer any person to a licensed nursing home, sheltered care home or home for the aged or place any person in a specialized residential care facility the Department shall notify the person to be transferred, or a responsible relative of such person, in writing, at least 30 days before the proposed transfer, with respect to all the relevant facts concerning such transfer, except in cases of emergency when such notice is not required. If either the person to be transferred or a responsible relative of such person objects to such transfer, in writing to the Department, at any time after receipt of notice and before the transfer, the facility director of the facility in which the person was a recipient shall immediately schedule a hearing at the facility with the presence of the facility director, the person who objected to such proposed transfer, and a psychiatrist who is familiar with the record of the person to be transferred. Such person to be transferred or a responsible relative may be represented by such counsel or interested party as he may appoint, who may present such testimony with respect to the proposed transfer. Testimony presented at such hearing shall become a part of the facility record of the person-to-be-transferred. The record of testimony shall be held in the person-to-be-transferred's record in the central files of the facility. If such hearing is held a transfer may only be implemented, if at all, in accordance with the results of such hearing. Within 15 days after such hearing the facility director shall deliver his findings based on the record of the case and the testimony presented at the hearing, by registered or certified mail, to the parties to such hearing. The findings of the facility director shall be deemed a final administrative decision of the Department. For purposes of this Section, "case of emergency" means those instances in which the health of the person to be transferred is imperiled and the most appropriate mental health care or medical care is available at a licensed nursing home, sheltered care home or home for the aged or a specialized residential care facility. Prior to placement of any person in a facility under this Section the Department shall ensure that an appropriate training plan for staff is provided by the facility. Said training may include instruction and demonstration by Department personnel qualified in the area of mental illness or intellectual disabilities, as applicable to the person to be placed. Training may be given both at the facility from which the recipient is transferred and at the facility receiving the recipient, and may be available on a continuing basis subsequent to placement. In a facility providing services to former Department recipients, training shall be available as necessary for facility staff. Such training will be on a continuing basis as the needs of the facility and recipients change and further training is required. The Department shall not place any person in a facility which does not have appropriately trained staff in sufficient numbers to accommodate the recipient population already at the facility. As a condition of further or future placements of persons, the Department shall require the employment of additional trained staff members at the facility where said persons are to be placed. The Secretary, or his or her designate, shall establish written guidelines for placement of persons in facilities under this Act. The Department shall keep written records detailing which facilities have been determined to have staff who have been appropriately trained by the Department and all training which it has provided or required under this Section. Bills for the support for a person boarded out shall be payable monthly out of the proper maintenance funds and shall be audited as any other accounts of the Department. If a person is placed in a facility or program outside the Department, the Department may pay the actual costs of residence, treatment or maintenance in such facility and may collect such actual costs or a portion thereof from the recipient or the estate of a person placed in accordance with this Section. Other than those placed in a family home the Department shall cause all persons who are placed in a facility, as defined by the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or in designated community living situations or programs, to be visited at least once during the first month following placement, and once every month thereafter for the first year following placement when indicated, but at least quarterly. After the first year, the Department shall determine at what point the appropriate licensing entity for the facility or designated community living situation or program will assume the responsibility of ensuring that appropriate services are being provided to the resident. Once that responsibility is assumed, the Department may discontinue such visits. If a long term care facility has periodic care plan conferences, the visitor may participate in those conferences, if such participation is approved by the resident or the resident's guardian. Visits shall be made by qualified and trained Department personnel, or their designee, in the area of mental health or developmental disabilities applicable to the person visited, and shall be made on a more frequent basis when indicated. The Department may not use as designee any personnel connected with or responsible to the representatives of any facility in which persons who have been transferred under this Section are placed. In the course of such visit there shall be consideration of the following areas, but not limited thereto: effects of transfer on physical and mental health of the person, sufficiency of nursing care and medical coverage required by the person, sufficiency of staff personnel and ability to provide basic care for the person, social, recreational and programmatic activities available for the person, and other appropriate aspects of the person's environment. A report containing the above observations shall be made to the Department, to the licensing agency, and to any other appropriate agency subsequent to each visitation. The report shall contain recommendations to improve the care and treatment of the resident, as necessary, which shall be reviewed by the facility's interdisciplinary team and the resident or the resident's legal guardian. Upon the complaint of any person placed in accordance with this Section or any responsible citizen or upon discovery that such person has been abused, neglected, or improperly cared for, or that the placement does not provide the type of care required by the recipient's current condition, the Department immediately shall investigate, and determine if the well-being, health, care, or safety of any person is affected by any of the above occurrences, and if any one of the above occurrences is verified, the Department shall remove such person at once to a facility of the Department or to another facility outside the Department, provided such person's needs can be met at said facility. The Department may also provide any person placed in accordance with this Section who is without available funds, and who is permitted to engage in employment outside the facility, such sums for the transportation, and other expenses as may be needed by him until he receives his wages for such employment. The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the purchase of care for persons who are wards of or who are receiving services from the Department. Such rules and regulations shall apply to all monies expended by any agency of the State of Illinois for services rendered by any person, corporate entity, agency, governmental agency or political subdivision whether public or private outside of the Department whether payment is made through a contractual, per-diem or other arrangement. No funds shall be paid to any person, corporation, agency, governmental entity or political subdivision without compliance with such rules and regulations. The rules and regulations governing purchase of care shall describe categories and types of service deemed appropriate for purchase by the Department. Any provider of services under this Act may elect to receive payment for those services, and the Department is authorized to arrange for that payment, by means of direct deposit transmittals to the service provider's account maintained at a bank, savings and loan association, or other financial institution. The financial institution shall be approved by the Department, and the deposits shall be in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Department. (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/15a
(20 ILCS 1705/15a) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15a) Sec. 15a. In placing any child under this Act, the Department shall place such child, as far as possible, in the care and custody of some individual holding the same religious belief as the parents of the child, or with some child care facility which is controlled by persons of like religious faith as the parents of such child. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 941.)
20 ILCS 1705/15b
(20 ILCS 1705/15b) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15b) Sec. 15b. For recipients awaiting conditional discharge or placement, to execute any document relating to or make any application for any benefit including state or federal on behalf of any recipient in a Department program if the recipient is a person with a mental disability and is unable to manage his own affairs. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/15c
(20 ILCS 1705/15c) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15c) Sec. 15c. The Department shall, not later than January 1, 1986, enter into a written agreement with the Department of Public Aid which shall provide for interagency procedures to process and expedite applications for benefits under The Illinois Public Aid Code which are filed by or on behalf of recipients awaiting discharge from facilities operated or licensed by the Department. The Department shall seek an agreement with the Social Security Administration which provides for procedures to process and expedite applications for benefits authorized by the Social Security Act, which are filed by or on behalf of persons scheduled to be discharged from facilities operated by the Department. (Source: P.A. 86-922.)
20 ILCS 1705/15d
(20 ILCS 1705/15d) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15d) Sec. 15d. Before any person is released from a facility operated or licensed by the Department, the chief administrative officer of the facility shall assess such person's need for subsistence benefits and services including food, shelter, clothing and medical care. If a determination is made that a person will be unable to meet such subsistence needs after discharge, the chief administrative officer shall arrange for filing applications under appropriate benefit programs, unless the person expressly declines. The determination of the chief administrative officer and resultant action shall be recorded in the facility record. The Department shall provide assistance in establishing eligibility for benefits for persons scheduled for discharge from a facility who have filed an application. If a person released from a facility operated or licensed by the Department has filed an application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, the Department shall prepare the assessment of functional limitations and such other medical documentation as may be necessary to establish eligibility. (Source: P.A. 86-922.)
20 ILCS 1705/15e
(20 ILCS 1705/15e) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15e) Sec. 15e. In order to improve linkage and aftercare for those recipients admitted to Department facilities 3 or more times in a 12-month period, the Department shall designate continuous treatment teams for each of the following facilities: Chicago-Read Mental Health Center; Elgin Mental Health Center; Madden Mental Health Center; and Tinley Park Mental Health Center. The Department may provide these services in the other facilities it operates. Upon a recipient's admission to one of the above-named facilities and when that admission constitutes the third admission for that recipient to a Department facility within the previous 12-month period, the recipient shall be assigned to a continuous treatment team. Each continuous treatment team shall fully participate in the admission, inpatient treatment and discharge planning for each recipient assigned to the team. Each continuous treatment team further shall ensure linkage to aftercare services and shall provide continuous support to recipients assigned to the team to ensure a system of managed care for each recipient. Continuous treatment team members shall be afforded all appropriate clinical privileges consistent with applicable accreditation standards. The Department shall promulgate rules governing these continuous treatment teams. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/15f
(20 ILCS 1705/15f) Sec. 15f. Individualized behavioral support plan. (a) As used in this Section: "Behavioral challenges" means episodes of significant property destruction, self-injurious behavior, assaultive behavior, or any other behavior that prevents a person from successful participation in a Home and Community Based Services Program for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, as determined by the community support team. "Home and Community Based Services Program for Persons with Developmental Disabilities" means a program that is funded through a waiver authorized under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act and that is administered by the Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities. Services under the Program include Community Integrated Living Arrangements, Community Living Facilities of 16 or fewer individuals, home-based support services, day programs, and therapies. The term also includes newly developed programs and settings that are funded through the Home and Community Based Services Program for Persons with Developmental Disabilities. (b) Each individual participating in a Home and Community Based Services Program for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, regardless of whether the individual is eligible for federal financial participation for these services, who exhibits behavioral challenges shall have an individualized behavioral support plan. Each individualized support plan shall: (i) be designed to meet individual needs; (ii) be in the immediate and long-term best interests of the individual; (iii) be non-aversive; (iv) teach the individual new skills; (v) provide alternatives to behavioral challenges; (vi) offer opportunities for choice and social integration; and (vii) allow for environmental modifications. The plan must be based on a functional behavioral assessment conducted by a professional trained in its use. The plan shall be implemented by staff who have been trained in and are qualified to effectively apply positive non-aversive intervention. All behavioral supports required by the plan shall be applied in a humane and caring manner that respects the dignity of the individual and shall be implemented in a positive and socially supportive environment, including the home. Interventions must not: (1) include electric shock; (2) withhold essential food and drink; (3) cause physical or psychological pain; (4) use drugs as restraints; or (5) produce humiliation or discomfort. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude, for therapeutic purposes, variant scheduling of food or drink or the application of safe and appropriate time-out procedures. (c) The Department of Human Services shall be responsible for developing and promulgating rules to implement the provisions of this Section and to carry out the intent of this Section. (d) To the extent this Section conflicts with Article I of Chapter II of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, that Article controls. (Source: P.A. 94-812, eff. 5-26-06.)
20 ILCS 1705/15.1
(20 ILCS 1705/15.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.1) Sec. 15.1. Whenever the Department pays the cost, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, for care or treatment of an Illinois citizen to a facility located in another State, such facility shall be required to be licensed by that state and shall also meet the minimum standard as are imposed by the Illinois laws and regulations for comparable licensed facilities within Illinois. Whenever an Illinois citizen is placed in such a facility, the Department shall ensure that the requirements as contained in Section 15 of this Act are complied with, as applicable. The responsibility of the Department shall not be dependent upon its paying, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, for the person's care, treatment or other services, as required, but rather arises from the placement of such person in a facility located in another state pursuant to Section 15 of this Act. The fact that the facility is state-licensed and meets the minimum Illinois standards must be affirmed in writing by the Department to the parent, guardian or nearest responsible relative before placement is made. The Department shall also affirm in writing that placement in such facility is in the best interests of the person to be placed, and there are presently no suitable facilities in the State of Illinois in which said person can be placed. Three months subsequent to placement of any person, the Department shall send copies of visitation reports made pursuant to Section 15 of this Act to said person's parent, guardian or nearest responsible relative. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/15.2 Quality Assurance for Adult Developmental Training Services
(20 ILCS 1705/15.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.2) Sec. 15.2. Quality Assurance for Adult Developmental Training Services. Whenever the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of Human Services pays the cost, directly or indirectly, in whole or part, for adult developmental training day services for persons with developmental disabilities, the provider of such services shall meet minimum standards established by the Department. Such minimum standards shall become effective July 1, 1986. Interim program guidelines, established by the Department, shall be utilized for programs operational prior to July 1, 1985. The Department shall annually certify that adult developmental training day services providers meet minimum standards. The Department may determine that providers accredited under nationally recognized accreditation programs are deemed to have met the standards established by the Department under this Section. The Department shall, at least quarterly, review the services being provided to assure compliance with the standards. The Department may suspend, refuse to renew or deny certification to any provider who fails to meet any or all such standards, as provided by rule. For purposes of this Section, "adult developmental training day service" means services designed to help persons with developmental disabilities to develop functional skills for living in such areas as motoric development, dressing and grooming, toileting, eating, language, reading and writing, quantitative skills development, independent living and reduction of maladaptive behavior. Such programs may include services designed to improve an individual's ability to engage in productive work as defined for work activity centers in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended. For purposes of this Section, "providers of adult developmental training day services" means any person, agency or organization that provides such services for persons with developmental disabilities as defined by the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
20 ILCS 1705/15.3
(20 ILCS 1705/15.3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.3) Sec. 15.3. Quality assurance for community mental health services. Whenever the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of Human Services pays the cost, directly or indirectly, in whole or part, for community mental health services and programs provided under the Medicaid Clinic Option authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, the provider of such services shall meet minimum standards established by the Department. The Department shall annually certify that providers of community mental health services under the Medicaid Clinic Option meet minimum standards. The Department may suspend, refuse to renew or deny certification to any provider who fails to meet any or all such standards, as provided by rule. For purposes of this Section, "community mental health services and programs" means services designed to help persons with mental illness develop skills for living, including but not limited to the following: (1) Mental health assessment; (2) Psychological evaluation; (3) Interdisciplinary treatment planning; (4) Medication monitoring and training; (5) Individual therapy; (6) Group therapy; (7) Family therapy; (8) Crisis intervention; (9) Case management; (10) Intensive stabilization; and (11) Extended treatment and rehabilitation. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
20 ILCS 1705/15.4
(20 ILCS 1705/15.4) Sec. 15.4. Authorization for nursing delegation to permit direct care staff to administer medications. (a) This Section applies to (i) all residential programs for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, (ii) all intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities with 16 beds or fewer that are licensed by the Department of Public Health, and (iii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services shall develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse. The training program for authorized direct care staff shall include educational and oversight components for staff who work in day programs that are similar to those for staff who work in residential programs. This training program shall be developed in consultation with professional associations representing (i) physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, (ii) registered professional nurses, and (iii) pharmacists. (b) For the purposes of this Section: "Authorized direct care staff" means non-licensed persons who have successfully completed a medication administration training program approved by the Department of Human Services and conducted by a nurse-trainer. This authorization is specific to an individual receiving service in a specific agency and does not transfer to another agency. "Medications" means oral, injectable, auto-injectable, and topical medications, insulin, oxygen, and vaginal and rectal creams and suppositories. "Oral" includes inhalants and medications administered through enteral tubes, utilizing aseptic technique. "Topical" includes eye, ear, and nasal medications. Any controlled substances must be packaged specifically for an identified individual. "Insulin in an injectable or auto-injectable form" means a subcutaneous injection, auto-injection, or other technology including, but not limited to: (i) an insulin pump; (ii) an insulin pod; (iii) an insulin pen pre-filled by the manufacturer; and (iv) a syringe. "GLP-1 receptor agonists in an injectable or auto-injectable form" means medication used for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and obesity. Authorized direct care staff may administer insulin or GLP-1 receptor agonists via auto-injection or an insulin pen pre-filled by the manufacturer as delegated by the registered nurse and as ordered by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant, if: (i) the staff has successfully completed a Department-approved advanced training program specific to insulin or GLP-1 receptor agonist administration developed in consultation with professional associations listed in subsection (a) of this Section, and (ii) the staff consults with the registered nurse, prior to administration, of any insulin or GLP-1 receptor agonist dose that is determined based on a blood glucose test result. The authorized direct care staff shall not: (i) calculate the insulin or GLP-1 receptor agonist dosage needed when the dose is dependent upon a blood glucose test result, or (ii) administer insulin or GLP-1 receptor agonists to individuals who require blood glucose monitoring greater than 3 times daily, without consultation with and unless directed to do so by the registered nurse. An individual may self-administer insulin or GLP-1 receptor agonists in any form if the individual is deemed independent by the nurse-trainer through the use of the Department's required standardized screening and assessment instruments. "Nurse-trainer training program" means a standardized, competency-based medication administration train-the-trainer program provided by the Department of Human Services and conducted by a Department of Human Services master nurse-trainer for the purpose of training nurse-trainers to train persons employed or under contract to provide direct care or treatment to individuals receiving services to administer medications and provide self-administration of medication training to individuals under the supervision and monitoring of the nurse-trainer. The program incorporates adult learning styles, teaching strategies, classroom management, and a curriculum overview, including the ethical and legal aspects of supervising those administering medications. "Self-administration of medications" means an individual administers his or her own medications or a portion of his or her own medications. To be considered capable to self-administer their own medication, individuals must, at a minimum, be able to identify their medication by size, shape, or color, know when they should take the medication, and know the amount of medication to be taken each time. The use of assistive or enabling technologies can be used to demonstrate a person's capability to administer his or her own medications. "Training program" means a standardized medication administration training program approved by the Department of Human Services and conducted by a registered professional nurse for the purpose of training persons employed or under contract to provide direct care or treatment to individuals receiving services to administer medications and provide self-administration of medication training to individuals under the delegation and supervision of a nurse-trainer. The program incorporates adult learning styles, teaching strategies, classroom management, curriculum overview, including ethical-legal aspects, and standardized competency-based evaluations on administration of medications and self-administration of medication training programs. (c) Training and authorization of non-licensed direct care staff by nurse-trainers must meet the requirements of this subsection. (1) Prior to training non-licensed direct care staff to administer medication, the nurse-trainer shall perform the following for each individual to whom medication will be administered by non-licensed direct care staff: (A) An assessment of the individual's health history and physical and mental status. (B) An evaluation of the medications prescribed. (2) Non-licensed authorized direct care staff shall meet the following criteria: (A) Be 18 years of age or older. (B) Have completed high school or have a State of Illinois High School Diploma. (C) Have demonstrated functional literacy. (D) Have satisfactorily completed the Health and Safety component of a Department of Human Services authorized direct care staff training program. (E) Have successfully completed the training program, pass the written portion of the comprehensive exam, and score 100% on the competency-based assessment demonstrating proficiency in the skill of administering medication. (F) Have received additional competency-based assessment or training by the nurse-trainer when the nurse-trainer determines additional skill development is needed to administer medication. (3) Authorized direct care staff shall be re-evaluated by a nurse-trainer at least annually or more frequently at the discretion of the registered professional nurse. Any necessary retraining shall be to the extent that is necessary to ensure competency of the authorized direct care staff to administer medication. (4) Authorization of direct care staff to administer medication shall be revoked if, in the opinion of the registered professional nurse, the authorized direct care staff is no longer competent to administer medication. (5) The registered professional nurse shall assess an individual's health status at least annually or more frequently at the discretion of the registered professional nurse. This subsection only applies to settings where the registered professional nurse has jurisdiction. If direct care staff move to other settings, they shall consult with the registered professional nurse who has jurisdiction of that setting. (d) Medication self-administration shall meet the following requirements: (1) As part of the normalization process, in order for each individual to attain the highest possible level of independent functioning, all individuals shall be permitted to participate in their total health care program. This program shall include, but not be limited to, individual training in preventive health and self-administration of medication procedures. (A) Every program shall adopt written policies and procedures for assisting individuals who choose to obtain preventative health and self-administration of medication skills in consultation with a registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. (B) If an individual desires to gain independence in self-administration of medication, the individual shall be evaluated to determine the individual's ability to self-administer medication by the nurse-trainer through the use of the Department's required, standardized screening and assessment instruments. (C) (Blank). (2) Each individual shall be presumed to be competent to self-administer medications if: (A) authorized by an order of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant; and (B) approved to self-administer medication by the individual's Community Support Team or Interdisciplinary Team, which includes a registered professional nurse or an advanced practice registered nurse. (e) Quality Assurance. (1) A registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, physician assistant, or pharmacist shall review the following for all individuals: (A) Medication orders. (B) Medication labels, including medications listed on the medication administration record for persons who are not self-administering medication to ensure the labels match the orders issued by the physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant. (C) Medication administration records for persons who are not self-administering medication to ensure that the records are completed appropriately for: (i) medication administered as prescribed; (ii) refusal by the individual; and (iii) full signatures provided for all initials used. (2) Reviews shall occur at least quarterly, but may be done more frequently at the discretion of the registered professional nurse or advanced practice registered nurse. (3) A quality assurance review of medication errors and data collection for the purpose of monitoring and recommending corrective action shall be conducted within 7 days and included in the required annual review. (f) Programs using authorized direct care staff to administer medications are responsible for documenting and maintaining records on the training that is completed. (g) The absence of this training program constitutes a threat to the public interest, safety, and welfare and necessitates emergency rulemaking by the Departments of Human Services and Public Health under Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. (h) Direct care staff who fail to qualify for delegated authority to administer medications pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be given additional education and testing to meet criteria for delegation authority to administer medications. Any direct care staff person who fails to qualify as an authorized direct care staff after initial training and testing must within 3 months be given another opportunity for retraining and retesting. A direct care staff person who fails to meet criteria for delegated authority to administer medication, including, but not limited to, failure of the written test on 2 occasions shall be given consideration for shift transfer or reassignment, if possible. No employee shall be terminated for failure to qualify during the 3-month time period following initial testing. Refusal to complete training and testing required by this Section may be grounds for immediate dismissal. (i) No authorized direct care staff person delegated to administer medication shall be subject to suspension or discharge for errors resulting from the staff person's acts or omissions when performing the functions unless the staff person's actions or omissions constitute willful and wanton conduct. Nothing in this subsection is intended to supersede paragraph (4) of subsection (c). (j) A registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, or physician assistant shall be on duty or on call at all times in any program covered by this Section. (k) The employer shall be responsible for maintaining liability insurance for any program covered by this Section. (l) Any direct care staff person who qualifies as authorized direct care staff pursuant to this Section shall be granted consideration for a one-time additional salary differential. The Department shall determine and provide the necessary funding for the differential in the base. This subsection (l) is inoperative on and after June 30, 2000. (Source: P.A. 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23; 103-890, eff. 1-1-25.)
20 ILCS 1705/16
(20 ILCS 1705/16) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-16) Sec. 16. In order to secure for the recipients of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department the earliest possible discharge from such facilities compatible with proper treatment and care and a continuance of expert service after discharge, without charge, the Department shall carry on a program of after care of conditionally discharged recipients. Qualified persons shall visit or consult the recipient and his family before and at least every six months after discharge to advise the family of and determine the existence of the care and occupation most favorable for the recipient's continued improvement and return to and maintenance of mental health. The visitation and contact requirement of this Section shall remain in effect while the recipient is on conditional discharge, and shall terminate when such status is terminated under Section 4-702 of the "Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code." The visitations required in this Section shall be in addition to those required under Section 15 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
20 ILCS 1705/16.1
(20 ILCS 1705/16.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-16.1) Sec. 16.1. At the discretion of the Secretary, to provide recipients under Department jurisdiction with monetary remuneration or other incentives on a graduated scale for work performed as part of their training for useful employment. Such recipient-workers are exempt from the Personnel Code. Such remuneration or incentives must be paid solely from funds received by gift or grant from private sources or the federal government or the Mental Health Fund or from funds received from the sale of articles from habilitation workshops. No general revenue funds appropriated to the Department may be used to pay such remuneration or incentives. The category of Institutional Helpers may still be paid out of General Revenue funds. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/16.2 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/16.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-16.2) Sec. 16.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)
20 ILCS 1705/17
(20 ILCS 1705/17) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-17) Sec. 17. To make such investigations as may be necessary to the performance of its duties. In the course of any such investigation, any qualified person authorized by the Secretary may administer oaths and secure by its subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to such investigation. Any person who is served with a subpoena by the Department to appear and testify or to produce books and papers, in the course of an investigation authorized by law, and who refuses or neglects to appear, or to testify, or to produce books and papers relevant to such investigation, as commanded in such subpoena, commits a Class B misdemeanor. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before the circuit courts of this State. Any circuit court of this State, upon application of the Department, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and giving of testimony before the Department or before any authorized officer or employee thereof, by an attachment for contempt or otherwise, in the same manner as production of evidence may be compelled before such court. Every person who, having taken an oath or made affirmation before the Department or any authorized officer or employee thereof, shall wilfully swear or affirm falsely, shall be guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/18
(20 ILCS 1705/18) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-18) Sec. 18. To receive, hold, distribute and use for indicated purposes and the benefit of recipients, monies and materials made available by the federal government or other agency. The Department specifically may claim federal reimbursement through the Department of Healthcare and Family Services under the "Medicaid Waiver" provisions of Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, as amended, for providing community services to recipients of medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code. The Department shall maintain a separate line item in its budget, entitled "Developmental Disability Community Initiative", to account for the expenditure of such monies. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.1 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/18.1) Sec. 18.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99. Repealed by P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.2
(20 ILCS 1705/18.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-18.2) Sec. 18.2. Integrated system for services for persons with developmental disabilities. The Department shall develop an effective, integrated system for delivering State-funded and State-operated services to persons with developmental disabilities. No later than June 30, 1993, the Department shall enter into one or more co-operative arrangements with the Department of Public Aid, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Public Health, and any other appropriate entities for administration or supervision by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities of all State programs for services to persons in community care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, including but not limited to intermediate care facilities, that are supported by State funds or by funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act. The Department of Human Services shall succeed to the responsibilities of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Rehabilitation Services under any such cooperative arrangement in existence on July 1, 1997. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.3
(20 ILCS 1705/18.3) Sec. 18.3. Integrated system for services for the mentally ill. The Department shall develop an effective, integrated system for delivering State-funded and State-operated services to persons with mental illness. No later than June 30, 1994, the Department shall enter into one or more cooperative arrangements with the Department of Public Aid, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Public Health, and any other appropriate entities for administration or supervision by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities of all State programs for services to persons in community care facilities for persons with mental illness, including but not limited to intermediate care facilities, that are supported by State funds or by funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act. The Department of Human Services shall succeed to the responsibilities of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Rehabilitation Services under any such cooperative arrangement in existence on July 1, 1997. (Source: P.A. 98-71, eff. 7-15-13.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.4 Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund; reimbursement
(20 ILCS 1705/18.4) Sec. 18.4. Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund; reimbursement. (a) The Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) Amounts paid to the State during each State fiscal year by the federal government under Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act for services delivered by community mental health providers, and any interest earned thereon, shall be deposited 100% into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. Not more than $4,500,000 of the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund may be used by the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health for oversight and administration of community mental health services, and of that amount no more than $1,000,000 may be used for the support of community mental health service initiatives. The remainder shall be used for the purchase of community mental health services. (b-5) Whenever a State mental health facility operated by the Department is closed and the real estate on which the facility is located is sold by the State, the net proceeds of the sale of the real estate shall be deposited into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund and used for the purposes enumerated in subsections (c) and (c-1) of Section 4.6 of the Community Services Act. (c) The Department shall reimburse community mental health providers for services provided to eligible individuals. Moneys in the Trust Fund may be used for that purpose. (c-5) The Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund is not subject to administrative charge-backs. (c-10) The Department of Human Services shall annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly, by September 1, on both the total revenue deposited into the Trust Fund and the total expenditures made from the Trust Fund for the previous fiscal year. This report shall include detailed descriptions of both revenues and expenditures regarding the Trust Fund from the previous fiscal year. This report shall be presented by the Secretary of Human Services to the appropriate Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives, as determined by the Speaker of the House, and in the Senate, as determined by the President of the Senate. This report shall be made available to the public and shall be published on the Department of Human Services' website in an appropriate location, a minimum of one week prior to presentation of the report to the General Assembly. (d) As used in this Section: "Trust Fund" means the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. "Community mental health provider" means a community agency that is funded by the Department to provide a service. "Service" means a mental health service provided pursuant to the provisions of administrative rules adopted by the Department and funded by or claimed through the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health. (Source: P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.5 Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund; reimbursement
(20 ILCS 1705/18.5) Sec. 18.5. Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund; reimbursement. (a) The Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund is hereby created in the State treasury. (b) Beginning in State fiscal year 2019, funds in any fiscal year in amounts not exceeding a total of $60,000,000 paid to the State by the federal government under Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act for services delivered by community developmental disability services providers shall be deposited into the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund to pay for Medicaid-reimbursed community developmental disability services provided to eligible individuals. (b-5) (Blank). (b-7) The Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund is not subject to administrative chargebacks. (b-9) (Blank). (b-10) Whenever a State developmental disabilities facility operated by the Department is closed and the real estate on which the facility is located is sold by the State, the net proceeds of the sale of the real estate shall be deposited into the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund and used for the purposes enumerated in subsections (c) and (d) of Section 4.6 of the Community Services Act. (b-12) The Department may receive gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source in support of community developmental disability services, which shall be deposited into the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund. (c) For purposes of this Section: "Trust Fund" means the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund. "Medicaid-reimbursed developmental disability services" means services provided by a community developmental disability provider under an agreement with the Department that is eligible for reimbursement under the federal Title XIX program or Title XXI program. "Provider" means a qualified entity as defined in the State's Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Developmental Disabilities that is funded by the Department to provide a Medicaid-reimbursed service. (Source: P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24; 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.6 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/18.6) Sec. 18.6. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-19.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.7 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/18.7) Sec. 18.7. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-732, eff. 6-30-12. Repealed by P.A. 98-1004, eff. 8-18-14.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.8
(20 ILCS 1705/18.8) Sec. 18.8. Post-secondary mental health database and resource page. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website. The database and resource page shall contain mental health resources specifically geared toward post-secondary social workers, counselors, parents, faculty, graduate assistants, school administrators, graduate and undergraduate students, and support personnel with the goal of connecting those people with mental health resources related to crisis services, wellness, sexual health, survivor support, gender-based violence, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety, depression, violence prevention, suicide prevention, and substance use and encouraging information sharing among educational administrators, security personnel, resource officers, faculty, students, and all other employees of a university or college. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize or permit the sharing or disclosure of any individual's identity, health, or other personal information, or any information from an individual's record, in connection with the creation or use of the post-secondary mental health database and resource page. (Source: P.A. 102-228, eff. 7-30-21.)
20 ILCS 1705/18.9 Cultural Empowerment Program
(20 ILCS 1705/18.9) Sec. 18.9. Cultural Empowerment Program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall create the Cultural Empowerment Program, which shall make grants-in-aid to one or more community providers to provide outreach, engagement, training, and support to faith-based organizations serving communities that are underserved by mental and behavioral health resources. The Department shall provide a list of ZIP codes identifying the targeted communities. (b) Grantees under the program shall utilize all available resources to provide initial relationship building within community areas by delivering training to faith-based leadership and providing connection through personal stories from persons with lived expertise to the leadership of faith communities or their congregations. Grantees shall provide information about the Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) credential to interested individuals. (c) Grantees shall build relationships with local community mental health centers (CMHCs) and other behavioral health providers to help facilitate linkage to mental health services for people in targeted communities. Grantees shall ensure that consumers in the program experience a warm handoff between the grantee and the CMHC or other service provider, and to the greatest possible extent, shall assist consumers in navigating or bypassing wait lists and other barriers to accessing care. Grantees shall use their relationships with CMHCs and service providers to support expansion of services when needed and where possible. (d) Grantees under the program shall utilize their expertise to build relationships with faith-based communities in the targeted communities and ensure that those organizations are aware of the behavioral health resources available. Grantees shall support faith-based communities in advocating for community members who are affected by behavioral health conditions to access mental health treatment and recovery services that shall assist them in living healthy and productive lives. (e) The Department shall prioritize organizations that are existing trusted messengers within targeted communities in awarding funding under the program. (f) The Cultural Empowerment Program established by this Section shall begin operations no later than July 1, 2024. (Source: P.A. 103-355, eff. 1-1-24.)
20 ILCS 1705/19
(20 ILCS 1705/19) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-19) Sec. 19. To make agreements with any other department, authority or commission of this State, any State university or public or private agency, community mental health or board of health, to make and receive payment for services provided to or by such bodies, and with written approval by the Governor to make agreements with other states. (Source: P.A. 78-723.)
20 ILCS 1705/20
(20 ILCS 1705/20) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-20) Sec. 20. To hold and direct the expenditure of all money which has been or may be received by any officer of the several State facilities under the direction and supervision of the Department, as profit on sales from commissary stores. Such money shall be expended under the direction of the Department for the special comfort, pleasure and amusement of recipients or members and employees, provided that amounts expended for comfort, pleasure and amusement of employees shall not exceed the amount of profits derived from sales made to employees by such commissaries, as determined by the Department. Money received as interest and income on funds deposited for recipients or members of such State facilities shall be expended for the special comfort, pleasure and amusement of the recipients or members of the particular facility where the money is paid or received, except that interest or income on the individual savings accounts or investments of such recipients or members shall not be so expended, but shall accrue to the individual accounts of such recipients or members. Any money belonging to recipients or members separated from facilities described under this Section, in custody of officers thereof, who are separated by death, absolute discharge or unauthorized absence, may, if unclaimed by the recipient or member or the legal representatives thereof for a period of two years, be expended at the direction of the Department for the purposes and in the manner specified above. Articles of personal property, with the exception of clothing, so left in the custody of such officers, shall, if unclaimed for the period of two years, be sold and the money disposed of in the same manner. Clothing left at the facility by recipients or members at the time of separation may be used as determined by the facility if unclaimed by the recipient or member or legal representatives thereof within 30 days after notification. (Source: P.A. 86-922.)
20 ILCS 1705/21
(20 ILCS 1705/21) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-21) Sec. 21. To transmit to the State Treasurer monies collected from various sources such as the sale of manufactured articles, of farm products and of all miscellaneous articles. A detailed statement of such collections shall be made monthly to the Department by the director of the facility. A Department authorized habilitation workshop program may retain funds at the facility under the direction of the facility director. The July 1 balance of such funds retained may not exceed 33-1/3% of the direct operating expenses for the fiscal year then ended. All monies in excess of this amount shall be deposited in the General Revenue fund not later than 60 days thereafter. Upon termination of a habilitation workshop program, all monies which remain after payment of liabilities shall be deposited in the General Revenue fund not later than 60 days after the termination. (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
20 ILCS 1705/21.1
(20 ILCS 1705/21.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-21.1) Sec. 21.1. The Self-Sufficiency Trust Fund, heretofore created under repealed Section 5-118 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, is continued under this Section. The State Treasurer, ex officio, shall be custodian of the Trust Fund, and the Comptroller shall direct payments from the Trust Fund upon vouchers properly certified by the Secretary of Human Services. The Treasurer shall credit interest on the Trust Fund to the Trust Fund, and the Secretary shall allocate such interest pro rata to the respective accounts of the named beneficiaries of the Trust Fund. The Department may accept moneys from a self-sufficiency trust for deposit in the Trust Fund pursuant to an agreement with the trust naming one or more beneficiaries who are persons with a developmental disability or persons otherwise eligible for Department services residing in this State and specifying the care, support or treatment to be provided for them. The Department shall maintain a separate account in the Trust Fund for each named beneficiary. The moneys in such accounts shall be spent by the Department, pursuant to its rules, only to provide care, support and treatment for the named beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the agreement. In the event that the Secretary determines that the moneys in the account of a named beneficiary cannot be used for the care, support or treatment of that beneficiary in a manner consistent with the rules of the Department and the agreement, or upon request of the self-sufficiency trust, the remaining moneys in such account, together with any accumulated interest thereon, shall be promptly returned to the self-sufficiency trust which deposited such moneys in the Trust Fund. The Department shall adopt such rules and procedures as may be necessary or useful for the administration of the Trust Fund. The receipt by a beneficiary of money from the Trust Fund, or of care, treatment or support provided with such money, shall not in any way reduce, impair or diminish the benefits to which such beneficiary is otherwise entitled by law. For the purposes of this Section, the term "self-sufficiency trust" means a trust created by a not for profit corporation which is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is organized under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act of 1986 for the purpose of providing for the care, support or treatment of one or more persons with a developmental disability or persons otherwise eligible for Department services. (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/21.2 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/21.2) Sec. 21.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)
20 ILCS 1705/22
(20 ILCS 1705/22) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-22) Sec. 22. To accept and hold in behalf of the State, if for the public interest, a grant, gift or legacy of money or property to the State of Illinois, to the Department, or to any facility of the Department made in trust for the maintenance or support of a recipient at a facility of the Department, or for any other legitimate purpose connected with such facility. The Department shall accept any donation for the board and treatment of any recipient. The Department also may accept and hold a grant, gift, or legacy of money or property made or given to a facility of the Department that is no longer operating or to a facility of the Department that is operating under a different name, provided that if the grant, gift or legacy was made for a particular purpose, the Department shall, to the extent practicable, use the grant, gift or legacy in a manner that carries out that purpose with regard to another facility operated by the Department for the same purpose, or in the latter case, with regard to that same facility of the Department that is operating under a different name. The Department shall cause each gift, grant or legacy to be kept as a distinct fund, and shall invest the same in the manner provided by the laws of this State as the same now exist, or shall hereafter be enacted, relating to securities in which the deposit in a savings bank may be invested. But the Department may, in its discretion, deposit in a proper trust company or savings bank, during the continuance of the trust, any fund so left in trust for the life of a person, and shall adopt rules and regulations governing the deposit, transfer, or withdrawal of such fund. The Department shall on the expiration of any trust as provided in any instrument creating the same, dispose of the fund thereby created in the manner provided in such instrument. Monies found on the recipients at the time of their admission, or accruing to them during their period of facility care, and monies deposited with the facility director by relatives, guardians or friends of recipients for the special comfort and pleasure of such recipients, shall remain in the custody of such facility director who shall act as trustee for disbursement to, in behalf of, or for the benefit of such recipients. All types of retirement and pension benefits from private and public sources may be paid directly to the director of the facility where the recipient is a resident, for deposit to the recipient's trust fund account. Banks, trust companies, savings and loan companies and insurance carriers having in their possession funds of $1,000 or less belonging to a recipient in a facility of the Department shall release such funds to the director of the facility where the recipient is a resident, for deposit to the recipient's trust fund account. The facility director shall provide a receipt to any bank, trust company, savings and loan company or insurance carrier for the amount received and such receipt shall constitute a valid and sufficient discharge and release of the obligation of such bank, trust company, savings and loan company or insurance carrier to the recipient for whom such payment was so made, to the extent of the payment made. Each facility director shall keep in a book an itemized account of all receipts and expenditures of funds described in the above proviso, which book shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Department. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-218, eff. 1-1-02.)
20 ILCS 1705/26
(20 ILCS 1705/26) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-26) Sec. 26. To establish, maintain and operate cemeteries in connection with the facilities of the Department for the interment of the remains of deceased recipients of such facilities whose bodies are not claimed by relatives or others willing to provide other facilities for the interment thereof and to acquire lands therefor. (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
20 ILCS 1705/27
(20 ILCS 1705/27) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-27) Sec. 27. To prescribe and require surety bonds from any officer or employee under the jurisdiction of the Department, where deemed advisable, in such penal sums to be determined by the Department. The cost of such bonds shall be paid by the State out of funds appropriated to the Department. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2666.)
20 ILCS 1705/28
(20 ILCS 1705/28) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-28) Sec. 28. To keep, for each facility under the jurisdiction of the Department, a register of the number of officers, employees and recipients present each day in the year, in such form as to admit of a calculation of the average number present each month. (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
20 ILCS 1705/30
(20 ILCS 1705/30) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-30) Sec. 30. To present to the Governor and the legislature, in such form as required, such information regarding appropriations needed as may be required. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2666.)
20 ILCS 1705/31
(20 ILCS 1705/31) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-31) Sec. 31. To print publications and distribute documents, reports, statistics, bulletins, and other matter relating to services and programs of the Department. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2666.)
20 ILCS 1705/31a
(20 ILCS 1705/31a) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-31a) Sec. 31a. Computer records. If computer printouts of the Department's records are offered as evidence, the Secretary shall certify that those computer records are true and exact representations of records properly entered into standard electronic computing equipment, in the regular course of the Department's business, at or reasonably near the time of occurrence of the facts recorded, from trustworthy and reliable information. Such a certified computer printout shall without further proof, be admitted into evidence before the Department or in any legal proceeding and shall be prima facie proof of the correctness of the entries therein. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/33.1
(20 ILCS 1705/33.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-33.1) Sec. 33.1. To make assignments for educational or training purposes to qualified persons, and to make payments for such purposes in the manner authorized by this Section. (a) To qualify for an assignment for educational or training purposes under this Section, a person must: 1. be enrolled in the final 2 years of accredited specialized training which is required to meet the qualifications for the position, as established by the Department of Central Management Services, or be a current employee of the Department who has continuously served in a full-time capacity for at least one year prior to assignment; 2. have completed 4 years of high school education; 3. possess such qualities and attributes as the Secretary of the Department deems necessary for achieving the purposes for which the assignment was made; 4. sign an agreement to serve as an employee of the Department for one calendar year for each academic year of subsidized training for educational or training purposes under this Section; 5. sign a promissory note agreeing to repay the Department for the funds expended if the employee fails to return to employment with, or remain an employee of the Department for the period of time required by paragraph 4; and 6. agree in writing to such other terms and conditions as the Department may reasonably require when granting the assignment. (b) When granting an assignment for educational or training purposes to an eligible person under this Section, the Department may pay: 1. such amounts as are established by Department regulations; and 2. for school expenses, not to exceed 80% of the cost to the person of all tuition, laboratory fees, matriculation fees and other general student charges made by the institution of higher learning, but not including charges for food or residence halls, which charges shall be payable from the funds for support and living expenses within the limitations provided in paragraph 1. (c) Except for the purpose of receiving salary, vacation pay or any other similar remuneration payable to State employees, the status of an employee of the Department as an employee of the State is not affected by the employee serving on an educational or training assignment under this Section as specified under the rules and regulations of the Department of Central Management Services. (d) Training programs such as tuition only refunds and special workshops for employees with one year or more of service and/or training which is a part of collaborative arrangements with institutions of higher learning or other public agencies are not affected by this Section. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/33.2
(20 ILCS 1705/33.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-33.2) Sec. 33.2. To require of each physician, of whatever specialty, employed by the Department or practicing under its supervision, to be trained in the techniques of psychopharmacology. The Department shall: (a) insure that each physician employed by it after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975 has completed course work during his medical training in the techniques of administering drugs for the purpose of treating mental disease or disability, or that a physician who is unable to show evidence of completion of such training attends a seminar on psychopharmacology sponsored by the Department within 30 days of the beginning of his employment or practice under the supervision of the Department; and (b) insure that each physician employed by it on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975 attends a seminar on psychopharmacology sponsored by the Department within 30 days of that effective date. The Secretary may require periodic refresher seminars on the subject of psychopharmacology for each physician and such other employees of the Department as he or she may deem appropriate. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/33.3
(20 ILCS 1705/33.3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-33.3) Sec. 33.3. (a) The Department may develop an annual plan for staff training. The plan shall establish minimum training objectives and time frames and shall be based on the assessment of needs of direct treatment staff. The plan shall be developed using comments from employee representative organizations and State and national professional and advocacy groups. The training plan shall be available for public review and comment. (b) A centralized pre-service training curriculum shall be developed for classifications of employees of State-operated facilities who have responsibility for direct patient care and whose professional training and experience does not substantially include the minimum training required under this Section, as determined by the Department. The plan shall address, at a minimum, the following areas: (1) Crisis intervention; (2) Communication (interpersonal theory, active listening and observing); (3) Group process and group dynamics; (4) Diagnosis, management, treatment and discharge planning; (5) Psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological psychosocial approaches; (6) Community resources; (7) Specialized skills for: long-term treatment, teaching activities of daily living skills (e.g., grooming), psychosocial rehabilitation, and schizophrenia and the aged, dual-diagnosed, young, and chronic; (8) The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code; (9) The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act; (10) Physical intervention techniques; (11) Aggression management; (12) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; (13) Social assessment training; (14) Suicide prevention and intervention; (15) Tardive dyskinesia; (16) Fire safety; (17) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); (18) Toxic substances; (19) The detection and reporting of suspected recipient abuse and neglect; and (20) Methods of avoiding or reducing injuries in connection with delivery of services. (c) Each program shall establish a unit-specific orientation which details the types of patients served, rules, treatment strategies, response to medical emergencies, policies and procedures, seclusion, restraint for special need recipients, and community resources. (d) The plan shall provide for in-service and any other necessary training for direct service staff and shall include a system for verification of completion. Pre-service training shall be completed within 6 months after beginning employment, as a condition of continued employment and as a prerequisite to contact with recipients of services, except in the course of supervised on-the-job training that may be a component of the training plan. The plan may also require additional training in relation to changes in employee work assignments and job classifications of professional and direct service staff. Direct care staff shall be trained in methods of communicating with recipients who are not verbal, including discerning signs of discomfort or medical problems experienced by a recipient. Facility administrators also shall receive such training, to ensure that facility operations are adapted to the needs of recipients with mental disabilities. (e) To facilitate training, the Department may develop at least 2 training offices, one serving State-operated facilities located in the Chicago metropolitan area and the second serving other facilities operated by the Department. These offices shall develop and conduct the pre-service and in-service training programs required by this Section and coordinate other training required by the Department. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/34
(20 ILCS 1705/34) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-34) Sec. 34. To make grants-in-aid to community clinics and agencies for psychiatric or clinical services, training, research and other mental health, intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities programs, for persons of all ages including those aged 3 to 21. In addition to other standards and procedures governing the disbursement of grants-in-aid implemented under this Section, the Secretary shall require that each application for such aid submitted by public agencies or public clinics with respect to services to be provided by a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more shall include review and comment by a community mental health board that is organized under local authority and broadly representative of the geographic, social, cultural, and economic interests of the area to be served, and which includes persons who are professionals in the field of mental health, consumers of services or representative of the general public. Within planning and service areas designated by the Secretary where more than one clinic or agency applies under this paragraph, each application shall be reviewed by a single community mental health board that is representative of the areas to be served by each clinic or agency. The Secretary may authorize advance disbursements to any clinic or agency that has been awarded a grant-in-aid, provided that the Secretary shall, within 30 days before the making of such disbursement, certify to the Comptroller that (a) the provider is eligible to receive that disbursement, and (b) the disbursement is made as compensation for services to be rendered within 60 days of that certification. (Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)
20 ILCS 1705/34.1
(20 ILCS 1705/34.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-34.1) Sec. 34.1. To make grants-in-aid not to exceed 30% of the construction and equipment costs of developmental disabilities facilities and community mental health centers. (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
20 ILCS 1705/34.2 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/34.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-34.2) Sec. 34.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)
20 ILCS 1705/34.3 Use of Block Grant Fund
(20 ILCS 1705/34.3) Sec. 34.3. Use of Block Grant Fund. The Department shall utilize moneys from the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Fund in accordance with the purposes and objectives of the federal Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act (P.L. 102-321). (Source: P.A. 88-553.)
20 ILCS 1705/43
(20 ILCS 1705/43) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-43) Sec. 43. To provide habilitation and care for persons with an intellectual disability and persons with a developmental disability and counseling for their families in accordance with programs established and conducted by the Department. In assisting families to place such persons in need of care in licensed facilities for persons with an intellectual disability and persons with a developmental disability, the Department may supplement the amount a family is able to pay, as determined by the Department in accordance with Sections 5-105 through 5-116 of the "Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code" as amended, and the amount available from other sources. The Department shall have the authority to determine eligibility for placement of a person in a private facility. Whenever a person with an intellectual disability or a client is placed in a private facility pursuant to this Section, such private facility must give the Department and the person's guardian or nearest relative, at least 30 days' notice in writing before such person may be discharged or transferred from the private facility, except in an emergency. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/44
(20 ILCS 1705/44) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-44) Sec. 44. No officer, agent or employee of the Department shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, or other agreement for building, repairing, furnishing or supplying such facilities, or for disposing of the product, or products, of any such facility. Any violation of this Section shall be a Class 4 felony. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/45
(20 ILCS 1705/45) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-45) Sec. 45. The following Acts are repealed: "An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of services and facilities for severely physically handicapped children", approved June 29, 1945. "An Act in relation to the visitation, instruction, and rehabilitation of major visually handicapped persons and to repeal acts herein named", approved July 21, 1959. "An Act in relation to the rehabilitation of physically handicapped persons", approved June 28, 1919. "An Act for the treatment, care and maintenance of persons mentally ill or in need of mental treatment who are inmates of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home", approved June 15, 1895, as amended. "An Act to establish and maintain a home for the disabled mothers, wives, widows and daughters of disabled or deceased soldiers in the State of Illinois, and to provide for the purchase and maintenance thereof", approved June 13, 1895, as amended. "An Act to establish and maintain a Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in the State of Illinois, and making an appropriation for the purchase of land and the construction of the necessary buildings", approved June 26, 1885, as amended. "An Act in relation to the disposal of certain funds and property which now are or hereafter may be in the custody of the managing officer of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Quincy", approved June 24, 1921. "An Act in relation to the establishment in the Department of Public Welfare of a Division to be known as the Institute for Juvenile Research and to define its powers and duties", approved July 16, 1941. "An Act to provide for the establishment, maintenance and operation of the Southern Illinois Children's Service Center", approved August 2, 1951. "An Act to change the name of the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary", approved June 27, 1923. "An Act to establish and provide for the conduct of an institution for the care and custody of persons of unsound or feeble mind, to be known as the Illinois Security Hospital, and to designate the classes of persons to be confined therein", approved June 30, 1933, as amended. Sections one through 27 and Sections 29 through 34 of "An Act to revise the laws relating to charities", approved June 11, 1912, as amended. "An Act creating a Division of Alcoholism in the Department of Public Welfare, defining its rights, powers and duties, and making an appropriation therefor", approved July 5, 1957. "An Act to establish in the Department of Public Welfare a Psychiatric Training and Research Authority", approved July 14, 1955. "An Act creating the Advisory Board on Intellectual Disabilities in the Department of Public Welfare, defining its powers and duties and making an appropriation therefor", approved July 17, 1959. "An Act to provide for the construction, equipment, and operation of a psychiatric institute state hospital to promote and advance knowledge, through research, in the causes and treatment of mental illness; to train competent psychiatric personnel available for service in the state hospitals and elsewhere; and to contribute to meeting the need for treatment for mentally ill patients", approved June 30, 1953, as amended. "An Act in relation to the disposal of certain funds and property paid to, or received by, the officials of the State institutions under the direction and supervision of the Department of Public Welfare", approved June 10, 1929. "An Act to require professional persons having patients with major visual limitations to report information regarding such cases to the Department of Public Welfare and to authorize the Department to inform such patients of services and training available," approved July 5, 1957. Sections 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 22, 24, 25, 26 of "An Act to regulate the state charitable institutions and the state reform school, and to improve their organization and increase their efficiency," approved April 15, 1875. (Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)
20 ILCS 1705/45.5
(20 ILCS 1705/45.5) Sec. 45.5. Eligibility for consideration for participation. Notwithstanding any provision in this Act or rules promulgated under this Act to the contrary, unless expressly prohibited by federal law or regulation, all individuals, corporations, or other entities that provide mental health services, whether organized as a for-profit or not-for-profit entity, shall be eligible for consideration by the Department to participate in any program funded or administered by the Department. This Section shall not apply to the receipt of federal funds administered and transferred by the Department for services when the federal government has specifically provided that those funds may be received only by those entities organized as not-for-profit entities. (Source: P.A. 89-392, eff. 8-20-95.)
20 ILCS 1705/46
(20 ILCS 1705/46) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-46) Sec. 46. Separation between the sexes shall be maintained relative to sleeping quarters in each facility under the jurisdiction of the Department, except in relation to quarters for children with intellectual disabilities under age 6 and quarters for persons with intellectual disabilities that are severely-profound and nonambulatory persons with intellectual disabilities, regardless of age. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/47
(20 ILCS 1705/47) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-47) Sec. 47. The facility director of each facility under the jurisdiction of the Department shall develop and implement written policies and procedures to insure that employees and visitors are properly identified at all times they are on the grounds of the facility. Proper identification or other specified credentials shall be required for all persons, including employees, entering and exiting grounds of any mental health facility. The Secretary of the Department may establish uniform procedures for identification pursuant to the provisions of this Section that shall apply to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/48 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/48) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-48) Sec. 48. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 92-218, eff. 1-1-02.)
20 ILCS 1705/48.1
(20 ILCS 1705/48.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-48.1) Sec. 48.1. The Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities shall plan using the definition of developmental disabilities found in the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (Public Law 95-602), as amended. For current planning purposes, developmental disabilities is defined as a severe, chronic disability of a person which: (a) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; (b) is manifested before the person attains age 22; (c) is likely to continue indefinitely; (d) results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of the following areas of major life activity: self care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living and economic self-sufficiency; and (e) reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. (Source: P.A. 84-1367.)
20 ILCS 1705/50 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/50) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-50) Sec. 50. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-922. Repealed by P.A. 92-218, eff. 1-1-02.)
20 ILCS 1705/50a (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/50a) Sec. 50a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 94-868, eff. 6-16-06.)
20 ILCS 1705/52 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/52) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-52) Sec. 52. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02. Repealed by P.A. 92-218, eff. 1-1-02.)
20 ILCS 1705/53
(20 ILCS 1705/53) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-53) Sec. 53. The Department shall create a consistent case coordination system for persons with a developmental disability who receive services provided or funded by the Department. The objectives of this system shall be to ensure that a full range of an individual's needs is identified and assessed through statewide use of an individual client assessment tool; to ensure that each individual actually receives, in the most effective and efficient combination and sequence, the full range and continuum of services needed; to ensure that all available resources are applied appropriately to each individual served; and to provide a systematic procedure for serving individuals which generates among and within the local service delivery agencies information required for effective system management. Each individual residing in a community integrated living arrangement shall receive an annual assessment to screen that individual for any health issues or risks. Beginning July 1, 2019, each individual shall receive his or her annual client assessment via a web-based, electronic screening tool. The electronic screening tool shall replace the current paper-based assessment. A provider may make a request, along with justifications, to the Department to complete the assessment on paper. Subject to appropriation, the Department may contract with a third-party entity to create and implement the web-based, electronic screening tool. The Department shall make changes to its rules in the Illinois Administrative Code to incorporate a web-based, electronic assessment tool. "Case coordination" means a mechanism for linking and coordinating segments of the service delivery system to ensure the most comprehensive program for meeting an individual client's needs. It facilitates client movement through an array of services so that at any given time, services received are matched to the needs of the individual. (Source: P.A. 100-1111, eff. 1-1-19.)
20 ILCS 1705/54
(20 ILCS 1705/54) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-54) Sec. 54. Establishment of rates for purchase of services. (a) It is the purpose of this Section to establish procedures for the development, calculation, and communication of rates promulgated by the Department for the purchase of services for persons with a developmental disability, and persons with mental illness; to require the promulgation of rules which specify the treatment of costs for purposes of establishing rates for various purchase care program categories; to require that rates be equitable, understandable, and established through an open, public process; and to require the delineation of where purchase care, grant-in-aid, and other payment mechanisms are most appropriately utilized. The Department's rate-setting policy should stimulate the development of cost effective, clinically appropriate, community-based residential, and other support services for recipients according to an annual statement of purchase care goals and objectives. (b) The Department shall establish rates in all instances where services are purchased by the Department for a specific recipient from a specific community service provider for which the Department has the responsibility for establishing payment rates. When determining rates, the Department shall take into consideration differences in the costs of doing business among the various geographic regions of the State and shall set rates that reflect those differences. The Department may, for various program categories, adopt rates that are set by other State agencies. (c) The Department shall perform the following duties: (1) Develop rate-setting methodologies for purchase care program categories. (2) Promulgate rules and regulations governing rate-setting, treatment of costs, treatment of occupancy, and payment and contracting processes for purchase care. (3) Collect cost and performance information from care providers. The Department may stipulate forms, unit of service definitions, reporting procedures and reporting intervals. (4) Calculate purchase of care reimbursement rates for specific providers based on the promulgated rate methodology for that program category. (5) Negotiate and implement purchase of care contracts with specific providers. (6) Develop an annual statement of purchase care goals and objectives detailing maximum units of service by program category to be purchased. The plan for each fiscal year shall be completed by May 1 of the previous fiscal year. (7) Conduct an annual review and prepare an annual report of rates and units of service purchased, comparing the annual purchase of care statement with actual services purchased, and the actual cost of providing those services. The report shall be made available by May 1. (8) Establish and promulgate a process and criteria for appealing rates. (9) Develop and promulgate standards and criteria by which provider performance shall be evaluated. (10) Set rates based on published methodologies and subject to the availability of funds appropriated by the General Assembly. (11) Establish and promulgate a policy regarding applicability of income offsets in rate calculation or payment processes. (12) Develop criteria for selection of payment mechanisms to be employed in funding community services. (d) The Department may investigate and employ alternative rate setting approaches and engage in demonstration projects. These approaches must be publicly articulated by the Department, identifying the purpose and scope of the alternative approach and evaluation to be conducted. (e) (Blank). (Source: P.A. 89-58, eff. 1-1-96; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-423, eff. 8-15-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/54.5
(20 ILCS 1705/54.5) Sec. 54.5. Community care for persons with developmental disabilities quality workforce initiative. (a) Legislative intent. Individuals with developmental disabilities who live in community-based settings rely on direct support staff for a variety of supports and services essential to the ability to reach their full potential. A stable, well-trained direct support workforce is critical to the well-being of these individuals. State and national studies have documented high rates of turnover among direct support workers and confirmed that improvements in wages can help reduce turnover and develop a more stable and committed workforce. This Section would increase the wages and benefits for direct care workers supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and provide accountability by ensuring that additional resources go directly to these workers. (b) Reimbursement. In order to attract and retain a stable, qualified, and healthy workforce, beginning July 1, 2010, the Department of Human Services may reimburse an individual community service provider serving individuals with developmental disabilities for spending incurred to provide improved wages and benefits to its employees serving individuals with developmental disabilities. Reimbursement shall be based upon the provider's most recent cost report. Subject to available appropriations, this reimbursement shall be made according to the following criteria: (1) The Department shall reimburse the provider to compensate for spending on improved wages and benefits for its eligible employees. Eligible employees include employees engaged in direct care work. (2) In order to qualify for reimbursement under this Section, a provider must submit to the Department, before January 1 of each year, documentation of a written, legally binding commitment to increase spending for the purpose of providing improved wages and benefits to its eligible employees during the next year. The commitment must be binding as to both existing and future staff. The commitment must include a method of enforcing the commitment that is available to the employees or their representative and is expeditious, uses a neutral decision-maker, and is economical for the employees. The Department must also receive documentation of the provider's provision of written notice of the commitment and the availability of the enforcement mechanism to the employees or their representative. (3) Reimbursement shall be based on the amount of increased spending to be incurred by the provider for improving wages and benefits that exceeds the spending reported in the cost report currently used by the Department. Reimbursement shall be calculated as follows: the per diem equivalent of the quarterly difference between the cost to provide improved wages and benefits for covered eligible employees as identified in the legally binding commitment and the previous period cost of wages and benefits as reported in the cost report currently used by the Department, subject to the limitations identified in paragraph (2) of this subsection. In no event shall the per diem increase be in excess of $7.00 for any 12 month period, or in excess of $8.00 for any 12 month period for community-integrated living arrangements with 4 beds or less. For purposes of this Section, "community-integrated living arrangement" has the same meaning ascribed to that term in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. (4) Any community service provider is eligible to receive reimbursement under this Section. A provider's eligibility to receive reimbursement shall continue as long as the provider maintains eligibility under paragraph (2) of this subsection and the reimbursement program continues to exist. (c) Audit. Reimbursement under this Section is subject to audit by the Department and shall be reduced or eliminated in the case of any provider that does not honor its commitment to increase spending to improve the wages and benefits of its employees or that decreases such spending. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/55 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/55) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-55) Sec. 55. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)
20 ILCS 1705/56
(20 ILCS 1705/56) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-56) Sec. 56. The Secretary, upon making a determination based upon information in the possession of the Department, that continuation in practice of a licensed health care professional would constitute an immediate danger to the public, shall submit a written communication to the Director of Professional Regulation indicating such determination and additionally providing a complete summary of the information upon which such determination is based, and recommending that the Director of Professional Regulation immediately suspend such person's license. All relevant evidence, or copies thereof, in the Department's possession may also be submitted in conjunction with the written communication. A copy of such written communication, which is exempt from the copying and inspection provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, shall at the time of submittal to the Director of Professional Regulation be simultaneously mailed to the last known business address of such licensed health care professional by certified or registered postage, United States Mail, return receipt requested. Any evidence, or copies thereof, which is submitted in conjunction with the written communication is also exempt from the copying and inspection provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. For the purposes of this Section, "licensed health care professional" means any person licensed under the Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Nurse Practice Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Pharmacy Practice Act, the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, and the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
20 ILCS 1705/57
(20 ILCS 1705/57) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-57) Sec. 57. The Department of Human Services shall periodically convene a special task force of representatives of the various State agencies with related programs and services together with other interested parties and stakeholders to study and assess service needs of persons with autism. The Secretary of Human Services shall submit a report of the task force's findings and recommendations and the Secretary's priorities to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2005. The Secretary shall provide annual progress reports to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1 of each year, beginning on January 1, 2006. The reports shall include an analysis of progress made in the following areas: a. Early intervention services for children with autism and their parents; b. Enhancement of family support mechanisms to enable persons with autism to remain in a home-based or community environment in the least-restrictive setting possible, including progress on the implementation of plans to provide assistance to individuals and families; the plan shall include, but not be limited to, (i) identification of the services required, (ii) the availability of services, especially those within the home community of the person with autism, (iii) the number of persons requiring the services, (iv) the cost of the services, (v) the capacity of the person with autism and his or her family to independently provide the services and the extent to which the State may support the individual and family effort, (vi) the extent of existing and planned State support, (vii) the availability and utilization of federal financial participation in the cost of services, and (viii) the outcomes and impact of services being provided; c. Services for adequate transition for people with autism from public school programs to adult work and day programs; and d. Plans, programs, and services under the Disabilities Services Act of 2003. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall determine the availability of federal financial participation in the cost of developing a family support program, which would include medical assistance coverage for children diagnosed with autism who would otherwise qualify for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code except for family income. The program would include services to support persons with autism in their homes and communities that are not provided through local school systems, early intervention programs, or the medical assistance program under the Illinois Public Aid Code. The departments shall determine the feasibility of obtaining federal financial participation and may apply for any applicable waiver under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act. For the purpose of this service needs review, autism means a severely incapacitating life-long developmental disability which: a. may be manifested before a person is 30 months of age, b. may be caused by physical disorders of the brain, and c. is characterized by uneven intellectual development and a combination of disturbances in the rates and sequences of cognitive, affective, psychomotor, language and speech development. This syndrome is further evidenced by abnormal responses to sensory stimuli, problems in developing social relationships, and ritualistic and compulsive behavior. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
20 ILCS 1705/57.5
(20 ILCS 1705/57.5) Sec. 57.5. Autism diagnosis education program. (a) Subject to appropriations, the Department shall contract to establish an autism diagnosis education program for young children. The Department shall establish the program at 3 different sites in the State. The program shall have the following goals: (1) Providing, to medical professionals and others statewide, a systems development initiative that promotes best practice standards for the diagnosis and treatment planning for young children who have autism spectrum disorders, for the purpose of helping existing systems of care to build solid circles of expertise within their ranks. (2) Educating medical practitioners, school personnel, early care and education providers, parents, and community service providers (including, but not limited to, early intervention and developmental disabilities providers) throughout the State on appropriate diagnosis and treatment of autism. (3) Supporting systems of care for young children with autism spectrum disorders. (4) Working together with universities and developmental disabilities providers to identify unmet needs and resources. (5) Encouraging and supporting research on optional services for young children with autism spectrum disorders. In addition to the aforementioned items, on January 1, 2008, The Autism Program shall expand training and direct services by deploying additional regional centers, outreach centers, and community planning and network development initiatives. The expanded Autism Program Service Network shall consist of a comprehensive program of outreach and center development utilizing model programs developed by The Autism Program. This expansion shall span Illinois and support consensus building, outreach, and service provision for children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. (b) Before January 1, 2006, the Department shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the progress of the autism diagnosis education program established under this Section. (Source: P.A. 104-480, eff. 7-1-26.)
20 ILCS 1705/57.6
(20 ILCS 1705/57.6) Sec. 57.6. Adult autism; funding for services. Subject to appropriations, the Department, or independent contractual consultants engaged by the Department, shall research possible funding streams for the development and implementation of services for adults with autism spectrum disorders without an intellectual disability. Independent consultants must have expertise in Medicaid services and alternative federal and State funding mechanisms. The research may include, but need not be limited to, research of a Medicaid state plan amendment, a Section 1915(c) home and community based waiver, a Section 1115 research and demonstration waiver, vocational rehabilitation funding, mental health block grants, and other appropriate funding sources. The Department shall report the results of the research and its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by April 1, 2008. (Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)
20 ILCS 1705/58 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/58) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-58) Sec. 58. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 85-1209. Repealed by P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
20 ILCS 1705/59
(20 ILCS 1705/59) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-59) Sec. 59. The Department may create a Family Assistance and Support Program to assist families in providing care at home for persons of any age with a severe or profound developmental disability, to prevent or delay the institutionalization of such persons or to permit the return of such persons from facilities to their families. As used in this Section, "families" includes foster families. The program may provide reimbursement for services or other need as specified in this Section only if payment or reimbursement for such services is not available through insurance or any other State or federal program. The Department may require documentation, where deemed appropriate by the Department, that other sources of payment or reimbursement are not available. Reimbursement is available under the program for special adaptive equipment, minor structural modifications to a residence or vehicle, adaptive clothing, medications, special dietary needs, and transportation to special services. The Department may also provide reimbursement for any other unusual expenses necessary for the maintenance of a person with a severe or profound developmental disability at home. Reimbursement to any family in any year under the program shall not exceed $2,500, except when the limit is waived by the Department in cases of extraordinary need as determined by the Department in accordance with rules adopted by the Department. Expenditures shall be subject to available appropriations for this program. The Department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer the program and establish criteria to assure equitable distribution of funds under this program throughout the State. An interim report and evaluation of the program shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than June 30, 1988. A subsequent interim report and evaluation of the program shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 1989. The Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities shall assist the Department in the evaluation of the program. (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
20 ILCS 1705/60 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/60) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-60) Sec. 60. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-380. Repealed by P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)
20 ILCS 1705/61
(20 ILCS 1705/61) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-61) Sec. 61. The Department may establish and maintain a trust fund to be known as the "Interstate Services Trust Fund". This trust fund shall be used for advancing money for travel expenses in connection with the return of patients to other States and for employees designated to accompany the patients. The trust fund shall be reimbursed from any applicable appropriation for travel expenses of the Department. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/62
(20 ILCS 1705/62) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-62) Sec. 62. The Department shall establish and implement, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, a pilot program for the provision of transitional, educational services to persons with a developmental disability 18 years of age or older who have completed public school programs. (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
20 ILCS 1705/63
(20 ILCS 1705/63) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-63) Sec. 63. Mental health pilot program. (a) The Secretary is hereby authorized, from appropriations made available for purposes of this Section, to establish elderly mental health pilot programs with an emphasis on deterring homelessness, institutionalization, and premature death among elderly persons with mental illness. These shall be coordinated with other programs for the aged administered by the Department on Aging and area agencies on aging. The programs shall provide community-based mental health services including the following services provided on an in-home basis: (1) Case management. (2) Assessment. (3) Counseling. (4) Outreach. (b) Additionally, other services may include, but are not limited to, any or all of the following: (1) Outpatient assessment and diagnostic services. (2) Outpatient counseling. (3) Crisis intervention. (4) Money management. (5) Medication monitoring. (6) Psychiatric services. (c) The Department shall establish eligibility standards for these services taking into consideration the unique economic and social needs of the target population for whom they are to be provided. The target population identified for the purposes of this Act includes persons 60 years of age or older who: (1) Are suffering an acute episode of mental illness. (2) Are suffering from a mental disorder which has led or will lead to the need for long-term institutional care. (3) Have undergone psychiatric treatment or intensive outpatient care more than once in a lifetime. (4) Are exhibiting behavior that severely impacts on themselves or their environment and which may indicate the development of mental illness. (d) The Department shall include a review of the progress of any model program under this Act in its annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 ILCS 1705/63.5
(20 ILCS 1705/63.5) Sec. 63.5. Data collection standardized format. (a) No later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall collaborate to develop a standardized format for: (1) collecting de-identified aggregate data from all member assessment tools; (2) collecting any other de-identified aggregate data that behavioral health providers are required to submit to the State pertaining to the administration of mental health and behavioral health services, including, but not limited to, substance use disorder at the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services; and (3) registration for Value Options through Beacon Health Options's Provider Connect portal. (b) Development of the standardized format under subsection (a) shall be conducted in collaboration with: (1) behavioral and mental health providers throughout the State, including, but not limited to, community providers of treatment for substance use disorder; (2) stakeholders, including, but not limited to, organizations that serve individuals with serious mental illness, chronic disease, substance use disorder, or depression; and (3) entities with expertise in federal requirements and form development. (c) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must comply with the new standardized format within 6 months after its date of completion. (d) As used in this Section, "substance use disorder" has the meaning provided in Section 1-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act. (Source: P.A. 102-590, eff. 8-27-21.)
20 ILCS 1705/64 Advisory Committee on Geriatric Services
(20 ILCS 1705/64) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-64) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 64. Advisory Committee on Geriatric Services. (a) The Department shall establish an Advisory Committee on Geriatric Services to advise the Department on matters pertaining to the mental health needs of the elderly population within the State. The Secretary shall designate a person to serve as a liaison to the Advisory Committee and to the public. (b) The Committee shall consist of 13 members. (c) The members shall be appointed by the Secretary, and shall be representative of different geographical sections of the State and Statewide organizations, so far as possible, representing the limited English-speaking elderly, the protective service interests of vulnerable adults, the agencies providing case management services to the elderly, and administrators of model projects serving the mental health needs of the elderly through coordination of service delivery systems. One member of the Committee shall be the Director of the Department on Aging or his or her designee. (d) The appointments of the Committee shall be for 2 year terms. Members may serve more than one term. Vacancies among the members shall be filled by the Director. (e) The Committee shall provide for its organization and procedure including the election of the Chairperson and such other officers as deemed necessary. (f) The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed by the Department for any ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (g) The Committee shall have the following duties: (1) To assess the mental health needs of the elderly population in the State. (2) To recommend treatment methods and programs that are sensitive and relevant to the characteristics of the elderly population. (3) To provide consultation, technical assistance, training programs, and reference materials to service providers, organizations, and other agencies. (4) To promote awareness of geriatric mental health concerns, and encourage, promote, and aid in the establishment of geriatric services. (5) To disseminate information on available geriatric services. (6) To provide adequate and effective opportunities for the elderly population to express their views on Departmental policy development and program implementation. (h) For the purpose of this Section "geriatric" or "elderly population" shall mean and include any persons who are 60 years of age or older. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 104-715, eff. 1-1-27.)
20 ILCS 1705/65 (Repealed)
(20 ILCS 1705/65) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-65) Sec. 65. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
20 ILCS 1705/66
(20 ILCS 1705/66) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-66) Sec. 66. Domestic abuse of adults with disabilities. Pursuant to the Abuse of Adults with Disabilities Intervention Act, the Department shall have the authority to provide developmental disability or mental health services in state-operated facilities or through Department supported community agencies to eligible adults in substantiated cases of abuse, neglect or exploitation on a priority basis and to waive current eligibility requirements in an emergency pursuant to the Abuse of Adults with Disabilities Intervention Act. This Section shall not be interpreted to be in conflict with standards for admission to residential facilities as provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 ILCS 1705/67
(20 ILCS 1705/67) Sec. 67. Transfers to community-based residential settings. (a) The Department may assist with the transfer of people residing in State operated facilities to community-based residential settings. (b) Recipients in State facilities or their parents or guardians shall have a choice regarding whether the recipient is transferred to a community-based setting or remains in a State operated facility. (c) Recipients or, when authorized, their parents or guardians, after a period of at least 6 months but not more than one year following a community placement, may request the recipient be returned to a State operated facility. (d) The Department shall consult with its medical advisory panel regarding the transfer of people from state operated facilities to community-based residential settings. (Source: P.A. 88-388.)
20 ILCS 1705/68
(20 ILCS 1705/68) Sec. 68. CHOICE demonstration program. (a) The Department may establish a 2-year supported employment demonstration program entitled Consumers Have Options for Integrated Competitive Employment (CHOICE). The purpose of CHOICE is to increase opportunities for employment of persons with disabilities by allowing consumers to decide for themselves what their job goals are, what services and supports they need to reach these goals, and where they will obtain them. (b) A person with a developmental disability who is not already in supported employment is eligible to apply for assistance under CHOICE. To be considered eligible the individual must: (i) be able to advocate for himself or herself or have a capable advocate; (ii) have a job opportunity that he or she is unable to accept without specific services or supports; (iii) have a job that may be lost without particular services or supports; or (iv) have a job but need services or supports to achieve advancement. (c) An individual selected to participate in the CHOICE demonstration program must complete an individual plan of services and supports in a manner as prescribed. The plan shall identify the individual's employment barriers and employment goals, detail monthly and one-time expenses, and constitute an agreement between the participant and the CHOICE demonstration program regarding their mutual responsibilities. (d) Supports and services fundable by the CHOICE program include those that will make employment possible and are not being obtained through another funding source. The following supports or services are fundable: case management, transportation, readers and interpreters, medical and adaptive devices, benefits counseling, job coaching, and attendant care. The program shall be designed to allow creativity and flexibility in the process of developing solutions to employment barriers. (e) CHOICE participants shall provide employment information to the Department in a manner and form as prescribed by the Department for the purpose of determining how effective CHOICE is in helping them reach their employment goals. The Department shall report to the General Assembly on the implementation of this program no later than May 1, 1996 and again on May 1, 1997. The Department shall include in its report the number of CHOICE participants, the types of supports and services funded, the costs of the program, and its recommendations for development of new ways for persons with disabilities to achieve competitive employment and increased independence. (f) Funding for this demonstration program shall be from appropriations to the Department, or the Department may seek funding for this program from the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities. (Source: P.A. 89-67, eff. 6-30-95.)
20 ILCS 1705/69 Joint planning by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Children and Family Services
(20 ILCS 1705/69) Sec. 69. Joint planning by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Children and Family Services. The purpose of this Section is to mandate that joint planning occur between the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to ensure that the 2 agencies coordinate their activities and effectively work together to provide youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family Services Act who have developmental disabilities a smooth transition to adult living upon reaching the age of 21. The Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall execute an interagency agreement by January 1, 1998 that outlines the terms of the coordination process. The Departments shall consult with private providers of services to children in formulating the interagency agreement. (Source: P.A. 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
20 ILCS 1705/70
(20 ILCS 1705/70) Sec. 70. Monitoring by closed circuit television. The Department of Human Services as successor to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities may install closed circuit televisions in quiet rooms in institutions supervised or operated by the Department to monitor patients in those quiet rooms. The Department shall study current and potential uses of electronic monitoring and recording for the purpose of preventing and identifying abuse and neglect within State-operated developmental centers and developmental disabilities services programs funded, certified, or licensed by the Department of Human Services but not those centers or programs licensed by another State agency, and shall report to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2008, with recommendations on the feasibility of increasing utilization of electronic monitoring and recording for purposes of preventing and identifying abuse and neglect. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to supersede or interfere with any current provisions in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code concerning the observation and monitoring of patients. (Source: P.A. 95-427, eff. 1-1-08.)
20 ILCS 1705/71
(20 ILCS 1705/71) Sec. 71. Disease management pilot program. The Department shall establish a 3-year pilot program to institute disease management guidelines for the provision of behavioral health care services to persons who receive health care services supported in whole or in part by State or federal funding. To implement the pilot program, the Department shall contract with a single community-based, not-for-profit provider of a comprehensive array of both mental health and chemical dependency services located in Peoria County. The program shall develop a disease management approach that uses research-based best practice guidelines to achieve the desired outcomes with the most efficient use of resources. (Source: P.A. 91-455, eff. 08-06-99.)
20 ILCS 1705/71a Community Behavioral Health Care
(20 ILCS 1705/71a) Sec. 71a. Community Behavioral Health Care. (a) The Department shall strive to guarantee that persons, including children, suffering from mental illness, substance abuse, and other behavioral disorders have access to locally accessible behavioral health care providers who have the ability to treat the person's conditions in a cost effective, outcome-based manner. To ensure continuity and quality of care that is integrated with the person's overall medical care, the Department shall: (1) Designate as essential community behavioral health care providers organizations that meet the qualifications set forth in subsection (b) of this Section. (2) Promote the co-location of primary and behavioral health care services centers. (3) Promote access to necessary behavioral health care services in the State's Health Insurance Exchange policies. (4) Promote continuity of care for persons moving between Medicaid, SCHIP, and programs administered by the Department that provide behavioral health care services. (5) Promote continuity of care for persons not yet eligible for Medicaid or who are without insurance coverage for their conditions. (6) Work toward improving access in Illinois' underserved and health professional shortage areas. (b) The Department shall designate certain community behavioral health care providers as essential community behavioral health care providers. To qualify for the designation an organization must be a not-for-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Code or a governmental entity that: (1) Demonstrates a commitment to serving low-income and underserved populations. (2) Provides outcome-based community behavioral health care treatment or services. (3) Does not restrict access or services because of a client's financial limitation. (4) Is a community behavioral health care provider certified by the Department, or a licensed community behavioral health care provider holding a purchase of care contract with the State under the State's Medicaid program. An organization that is licensed or certified by the Department may apply to the Department for designation as an essential community behavioral health care provider. The Department, through administrative rule, shall describe the standards and process of designating an essential community behavioral health care provider, establishing the community to be served, other criteria for selection, and grounds for termination. (c) An organization designated as an essential community behavioral health care provider under subsection (b) and all members of the care treatment and service staff of the essential community behavioral health care provider shall agree to serve enrollees of all health insurers or health care service contractors operating in the area that the designated essential community behavioral health care provider serves. Health insurers shall include State programs funded under Title XIX and Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, including the State's Medicaid program and the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program; other programs funded by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for non-public employees; and programs for both the insured and uninsured funded by the Department of Human Services. (d) An essential community behavioral health care provider shall be compensated on a fee-for-service basis within a global budget or within a risk-based incentive contract in accordance with the contracts and standards of the respective payors. Staff members and other health care providers in the service area of the designated essential community behavioral health care provider shall not be restricted from providing care, treatment, or services through affiliation with any other health insurer or health care service contractor. (e) A designation of a community behavioral health care provider as an essential community behavioral health care provider shall end 5 years after the date the designation is granted. The Department, however, may terminate the designation for cause before the end of the 5-year period if the essential community behavioral health care provider fails to comply with the eligibility standards set forth in subsection (b). A designated essential community behavioral health care provider may reapply for designation 6 months prior to the designation ending and shall provide documented evidence that the provider continues to meet all criteria for designation. If the essential community behavioral health care provider continues to meet all criteria for designation, the Department shall continue the designation for an additional 5-year period. (Source: P.A. 97-166, eff. 7-22-11.)
20 ILCS 1705/72
(20 ILCS 1705/72) Sec. 72. Violent acts against employees of facilities under the Department's jurisdiction. Within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Department shall adopt rules prescribing the procedures for reporting, investigating, and responding to violent acts against employees of facilities under the Department's jurisdiction. As used in this Section, "violent acts" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act. (Source: P.A. 94-347, eff. 7-28-05.)
20 ILCS 1705/73 Report; Williams v
(20 ILCS 1705/73) Sec. 73. Report; Williams v. Quinn consent decree. (a) Annual Report. (1) No later than December 31, 2011, and on December 31st of each of the following 4 years, the Department of Human Services shall prepare and submit an annual report to the General Assembly concerning the implementation of the Williams v. Quinn consent decree and other efforts to move persons with mental illnesses from institutional settings to community-based settings. This report shall include: (A) The number of persons who have been moved from long-term care facilities to community-based settings during the previous year and the number of persons projected to be moved during the next year. (B) Any implementation or compliance reports prepared by the State for the Court or the court-appointed monitor in Williams v. Quinn. (C) Any reports from the court-appointed monitor or findings by the Court reflecting the Department's compliance or failure to comply with the Williams v. Quinn consent decree and any other order issued during that proceeding. (D) Statistics reflecting the number and types of community-based services provided to persons who have been moved from long-term care facilities to community-based settings. (E) Any additional community-based services which are or will be needed in order to ensure maximum community integration as provided for by the Williams v. Quinn consent decree, and the Department's plan for providing these services. (F) Any and all costs associated with transitioning residents from institutional settings to community-based settings, including, but not limited to, the cost of residential services, the cost of outpatient treatment, and the cost of all community support services facilitating the community-based setting. (2) The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and by filing additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. (b) Department rule. The Department of Human Services shall draft and promulgate a new rule governing community-based residential settings. The new rule for community-based residential settings shall include settings that offer to persons with serious mental illness (i) community-based residential recovery-oriented mental health care, treatment, and services; and (ii) community-based residential mental health and co-occurring substance use disorder care, treatment, and services. Community-based residential settings shall honor a consumer's choice as well as a consumer's right to live in the: (1) Least restrictive environment. (2) Most appropriate integrated setting. (3) Least restrictive environment and most appropriate integrated setting designed to assist the individual in living in a safe, appropriate, and therapeutic environment. (4) Least restrictive environment and most appropriate integrated setting that affords the person the opportunity to live similarly to persons without serious mental illness. The new rule for community-based residential settings shall be drafted in such a manner as to delineate State-supported care, treatment, and services appropriately governed within the new rule, and shall continue eligibility for eligible individuals in programs governed by Title 59, Part 132 of the Illinois Administrative Code. The Department shall draft a new rule for community-based residential settings by January 1, 2012. The new rule must include, but shall not be limited to, standards for: (i) Administrative requirements. (ii) Monitoring, review, and reporting. (iii) Certification requirements. (iv) Life safety. (c) Study of housing and residential services. By no later than October 1, 2011, the Department shall conduct a statewide study to assess the existing types of community-based housing and residential services currently being provided to individuals with mental illnesses in Illinois. This study shall include State-funded and federally funded housing and residential services. The results of this study shall be used to inform the rulemaking process outlined in subsection (b). (Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
20 ILCS 1705/74
(20 ILCS 1705/74) Sec. 74. Rates and reimbursements. (a) Within 30 days after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-23), the Department shall increase rates and reimbursements to fund a minimum of a $0.75 per hour wage increase for frontline personnel, including, but not limited to, direct support professionals, aides, frontline supervisors, qualified intellectual disabilities professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff working in community-based provider organizations serving individuals with developmental disabilities. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection (y) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Section. (b) Rates and reimbursements. Within 30 days after June 4, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act 100-587), the Department shall increase rates and reimbursements to fund a minimum of a $0.50 per hour wage increase for frontline personnel, including, but not limited to, direct support professionals, aides, frontline supervisors, qualified intellectual disabilities professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff working in community-based provider organizations serving individuals with developmental disabilities. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection (bb) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Section. (c) Rates and reimbursements. Within 30 days after June 5, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-10), subject to federal approval, the Department shall increase rates and reimbursements in effect on June 30, 2019 for community-based providers for persons with Developmental Disabilities by 3.5% The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsection (jj) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Section, including wage increases for direct care staff. (d) For community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2022, shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $1.50 per hour wage increase for direct support professionals in residential settings and sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as defined in rule by the Department. The establishment of and any changes to the rate methodologies for community-based services provided to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities are subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment and shall be defined in rule by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this subsection (d). (e) For community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2023, shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $1.00 per hour wage increase for all direct support professionals and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases, who work in residential and community day services settings, with at least $0.50 of those funds to be provided as a direct increase to base wages, with the remaining $0.50 to be used flexibly for base wage increases. In addition, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2023 shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as defined in rule by the Department. The establishment of and any changes to the rate methodologies for community-based services provided to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities are subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment and shall be defined in rule by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this subsection. (f) For community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2024 shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $2.50 per hour wage increase for all direct support professionals and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings. At least $1.25 of the per hour wage increase shall be provided as a direct increase to base wages, and the remaining $1.25 of the per hour wage increase shall be used flexibly for base wage increases. In addition, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2024 shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as defined in rule by the Department. The establishment of and any changes to the rate methodologies for community-based services provided to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities are subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment and shall be defined in rule by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this subsection. (g) For community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025 shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $1 per hour wage rate increase for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings, with at least $0.75 of those funds to be provided as a direct increase to base wages and the remaining $0.25 to be used flexibly for base wage increases. These increases shall not be used by community-based providers for operational or administrative expenses. In addition, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2025 shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as defined by rule by the Department. For services delivered on or after January 1, 2025, the rates shall include adjustments to employment-related expenses as defined by rule by the Department. The establishment of and any changes to the rate methodologies for community-based services provided to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities are subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment and shall be defined in rule by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this subsection. (h) For community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026 shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $0.80 per hour wage increase for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings, with at least $0.60 of the per hour wage increase to be provided as a direct increase to base wages, and the remaining $0.20 of the per hour wage increase to be used flexibly for base wage increases. These increases shall not be used by community-based providers for operational or administrative expenses. In addition, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2026 shall include an increase sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' average wage as defined in rule by the Department. The establishment of and any changes to the rate methodologies for community-based services provided to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities are subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment and shall be defined in rule by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules as authorized by Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this subsection. (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-588, eff. 6-5-24; 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)
20 ILCS 1705/75
(20 ILCS 1705/75) Sec. 75. Rate increase. Within 30 days after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-23), the Division of Mental Health shall by rule develop the increased rate methodology and annualize the increased rate beginning with State fiscal year 2018 contracts to certified community mental health centers, based on the additional amounts appropriated for the purpose of providing a rate increase to certified community mental health centers, with the annualization to be maintained in State fiscal year 2019. The Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules under subsections (y) and (bb) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Section. (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
20 ILCS 1705/76
(20 ILCS 1705/76) Sec. 76. Mental health database and resource page. The Department shall create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website. The database and resource page shall contain mental health resources specifically geared toward school social workers, school counselors, parents, teachers, and school support personnel with the goal of connecting those people with mental health resources related to bullying and school shootings and encouraging information sharing among educational administrators, school security personnel, and school resource officers. (Source: P.A. 101-45, eff. 7-12-19.)
20 ILCS 1705/76.1
(20 ILCS 1705/76.1) Sec. 76.1. First responder mental health database and resource page. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website. The database and resource page shall contain mental health resources specifically geared toward first responders with the goal of connecting those persons with mental health resources related to crisis services, wellness, trauma information, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety, depression, violence prevention, suicide prevention, and substance use and of encouraging information sharing among families of first responders, first responder organizations, first responder professional organizations, and first responders. (Source: P.A. 102-337, eff. 8-12-21.)
20 ILCS 1705/76.2
(20 ILCS 1705/76.2) Sec. 76.2. Technical assistance for mental health resources in schools. The Department shall partner with the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance for the provision of mental health care during school days with the goal of increasing the availability and accessibility of mental health resources for students. The Department shall report to the General Assembly on the implementation of this Section no later than July 1, 2025. The Department and the State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this Section. (Source: P.A. 103-222, eff. 1-1-24.)
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