SB1501 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1501

Introduced 2/7/2013, by Sen. Heather A. Steans

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.826 new
30 ILCS 105/6z-98 new

Amends the State Finance Act to create the Depakote Settlement Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Provides that all moneys paid to the State pursuant to (1) the Final Consent Judgment entered in the case of The People of the State of Illinois v. Abbott Laboratories and (2) the Settlement Agreement entered in the case of United States v. Abbott Laboratories, as well as any other moneys as provided by law, shall be deposited into the Fund. Provides that moneys deposited in the Depakote Settlement Fund may be appropriated to provide community services for persons with serious mental illness. Provides that funds appropriated from the Depakote Settlement Fund shall not replace, but are in addition to, any existing funding of community services for persons with serious mental illness. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Sections 5.826 and 6z-98 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.826 new)

Sec. 5.826. The Depakote Settlement Fund.

(30 ILCS 105/6z-98 new)

Sec. 6z-98. The Depakote Settlement Fund.

(a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Depakote Settlement Fund. All moneys paid to the State pursuant to (1) the Final Consent Judgment entered in the case of The People of the State of Illinois v. Abbott Laboratories (Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 12-CH16819) and (2) the Settlement Agreement entered in the case of United States v. Abbott Laboratories (United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Criminal No. 1:12-cr-26), as well as any other moneys as provided by law, shall be deposited into the Fund.

(b) Moneys deposited in the Depakote Settlement Fund may be appropriated to provide community services for persons with serious mental illness. Community services are restricted to the categories listed in Section 2 of the Community Services Act for the benefit of persons with mental illness, as defined in Section 1-129 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

(c) Funds appropriated from the Depakote Settlement Fund shall not replace, but are in addition to, any existing funding of community services for persons with serious mental illness.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.