Full Text of SB0150 96th General Assembly
SB0150ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | State Government Administration Committee Filed: 11/16/2010
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 150
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 150 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of an Expanded Mental | 7 | | Health Services Program and Governing Commission created under | 8 | | the provisions of this Act by the voters of a territory within | 9 | | a municipality with a population of more than 1,000,000 shall | 10 | | be to expand the availability of mental health services to an | 11 | | additional population of mentally ill residents, in keeping | 12 | | with the model of community-based mental health care instituted | 13 | | by the 1963 federal Community Mental Health Centers Act. The | 14 | | Program is intended to expand and extend mental health services | 15 | | to mentally ill residents who need the assistance of their | 16 | | communities in overcoming or coping with mental or emotional |
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| 1 | | disorders, with a special focus on early intervention and | 2 | | prevention of such disorders. The Expanded Mental Health | 3 | | Services Program may also assist the severely mentally ill, but | 4 | | shall not replace existing services currently mandated by law | 5 | | for the severely mentally ill. | 6 | | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 | | "Clinical psychologist" means a psychologist who is | 8 | | licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and | 9 | | Professional Regulation and who: (i) has a doctoral degree from | 10 | | a regionally accredited university, college, or professional | 11 | | school, and has 2 years of supervised experience in health | 12 | | services of which at least one year is postdoctoral and one | 13 | | year is in an organized health service program; or (ii) has a | 14 | | graduate degree in psychology from a regionally accredited | 15 | | university or college, and has not less than 6 years of | 16 | | experience as a psychologist with at least 2 years of | 17 | | supervised experience in health services. | 18 | | "Clinical social worker" means a person who is licensed as | 19 | | a clinical social worker by the Illinois Department of | 20 | | Financial and Professional Regulation and who: (i) has a | 21 | | master's or doctoral degree in social work from an accredited | 22 | | graduate school of social work; and (ii) has at least 2 years | 23 | | of supervised post-master's clinical social work practice | 24 | | which shall include the provision of mental health services for | 25 | | the evaluation, treatment and prevention of mental and |
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| 1 | | emotional disorders. | 2 | | "Community organization" means a not for profit | 3 | | organization which has been registered with this State for at | 4 | | least 5 years as a not for profit organization, which qualifies | 5 | | for tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United | 6 | | States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or hereafter | 7 | | amended, which continuously maintains an office or business | 8 | | location within the territory of an Expanded Mental Health | 9 | | Services Program together with a current listed telephone | 10 | | number, or a majority of whose members reside within the | 11 | | territory of an Expanded Mental Health Services Program. | 12 | | "Eligible person" means any person living within a | 13 | | described territory who suffers from, or is at risk of | 14 | | suffering from, a mental illness and such a person's immediate | 15 | | family (including a spouse, child, and parent). Each eligible | 16 | | person may receive described services within a territory, and | 17 | | those services shall be free of charge after the person has | 18 | | exhausted all available payment subsidies, including but not | 19 | | limited to Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance. | 20 | | "Governing Commission" means the governing body of an | 21 | | Expanded Mental Health Services Program created under this Act. | 22 | | "Mental illness" means a mental or emotional disorder that | 23 | | substantially impairs a person's thought, perception of | 24 | | reality, emotional process, judgment, behavior, or ability to | 25 | | cope with the ordinary demands of life, but does not include a | 26 | | developmental disability, dementia, or Alzheimer's disease |
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| 1 | | absent psychosis, or an abnormality manifested only by repeated | 2 | | criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct. | 3 | | "Mental health professionals" include clinical social | 4 | | workers, clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists as defined | 5 | | by this Act. | 6 | | "Program" means the Expanded Mental Health Services | 7 | | Program governed by a specific Governing Commission. | 8 | | "Program guidelines" means those policies, rules, | 9 | | regulations, and bylaws established from time to time by the | 10 | | Governing Commission to explain, clarify, or modify the Program | 11 | | in order to fulfill its goals and objectives. | 12 | | "Psychiatrist" means a physician who has successfully | 13 | | completed a residency program in psychiatry accredited by | 14 | | either the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical | 15 | | Education or the American Osteopathic Association. | 16 | | "Severe mental illness" means the manifestation of all of | 17 | | the following characteristics: (i) a primary diagnosis of one | 18 | | of the major mental disorders in the current edition of the | 19 | | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders listed as | 20 | | follows: schizophrenia disorder; delusional disorder; | 21 | | schizo-affective disorder; bipolar affective disorder; | 22 | | atypical psychosis; major depression, recurrent; (ii) | 23 | | substantial impairment of functioning in at least 2 of the | 24 | | following areas: self-maintenance, social functioning, | 25 | | activities of community living, and work skills; and (iii) | 26 | | presence or expected presence of the disability for at least |
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| 1 | | one year. | 2 | | A determination of severe mental illness shall be based | 3 | | upon a comprehensive, documented assessment with an evaluation | 4 | | by a licensed clinical psychologist or psychiatrist, and shall | 5 | | not be based solely on behaviors relating to environmental, | 6 | | cultural or economic differences. | 7 | | "Territory" means a geographically contiguous area with a | 8 | | population of 75,000 to 250,000 based on the most recent | 9 | | decennial census. | 10 | | "Treatment" means an effort to accomplish an improvement in | 11 | | the mental condition or related behavior of a recipient. | 12 | | "Treatment" includes, but is not limited to, examination, | 13 | | diagnosis, evaluation, care, training, psychotherapy, | 14 | | pharmaceuticals, outpatient services, and other services | 15 | | provided for recipients by mental health facilities. | 16 | | Section 15. Creation of Expanded Mental Health Services | 17 | | Program and Governing Commission. | 18 | | (a) Whenever in a municipality with more than 1,000,000 | 19 | | inhabitants, the question of creating an Expanded Mental Health | 20 | | Services Program within a contiguous territory included | 21 | | entirely within the municipality is initiated by resolution or | 22 | | ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality or | 23 | | by a petition signed by not less than 8% of the total votes | 24 | | cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial | 25 | | election by registered voters of the territory, the registered |
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| 1 | | voters of which are eligible to sign the petition, it shall be | 2 | | the duty of the election authority having jurisdiction over | 3 | | such municipality to submit the question of creating an | 4 | | Expanded Mental Health Services Program to the electors of the | 5 | | territory at the regular election specified in the resolution, | 6 | | ordinance, or petition initiating the question. A petition | 7 | | initiating a question described in this Section shall be filed | 8 | | with the election authority having jurisdiction over the | 9 | | municipality. The petition shall be filed and objections | 10 | | thereto shall be made in the manner provided in the general | 11 | | election law. A resolution, ordinance, or petition initiating a | 12 | | question described in this Section shall specify the election | 13 | | at which the question is to be submitted. The referendum on | 14 | | such question shall be held in accordance with general election | 15 | | law. Such question, and the resolution, ordinance, or petition | 16 | | initiating the question, shall include a description of the | 17 | | territory, the name of the proposed Expanded Mental Health | 18 | | Services Program, and the maximum rate at which the Expanded | 19 | | Mental Health Services Program shall be able to levy a property | 20 | | tax. The question shall be in substantially the following form: | 21 | | Shall there be established, to serve the territory commonly | 22 | | described on this ballot or notice of this question, a ........ | 23 | | (fill in community name) Expanded Mental Health Services | 24 | | Program, to provide direct free mental health services for any | 25 | | resident of the territory who needs assistance in overcoming or | 26 | | coping with mental or emotional disorders, where such program |
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| 1 | | will be funded through an increase of not more than ..... (fill | 2 | | in tax rate from .004 to .007) of the real estate property tax | 3 | | bill of all parcels within the boundaries of the territory (for | 4 | | example, $..... (fill in tax rate figure) for every $1,000 of | 5 | | taxes you currently pay)? | 6 | | All of that area within the geographic boundaries of the | 7 | | territory described in such question shall be included in the | 8 | | Program, and no area outside the geographic boundaries of the | 9 | | territory described in such question shall be included in the | 10 | | Program. If the election authority determines that the | 11 | | description cannot be included within the space limitations of | 12 | | the ballot, the election authority shall prepare large printed | 13 | | copies of a notice of the question, which shall be prominently | 14 | | displayed in the polling place of each precinct in which the | 15 | | question is to be submitted. | 16 | | (b) To ensure this matter is presented to voters on the | 17 | | February 22, 2011 election ballot as a binding referendum in | 18 | | the North River area that previously voted on a comparable | 19 | | question in the form of an advisory referendum during the | 20 | | November 2008 election, the Chicago Board of Elections is | 21 | | directed to place the question of an Expanded Mental Health | 22 | | Services Program on the February 22, 2011 ballot (referenced to | 23 | | a North River Expanded Mental Health Services Program, a tax | 24 | | rate of .004, and $4 for every $1,000 of taxes) in all | 25 | | precincts contained, in whole or in part, within the | 26 | | geographical region with the following boundary lines: Addison |
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| 1 | | Avenue (south), Chicago River and North Shore Channel (east), | 2 | | Devon Avenue (north), and Cicero Avenue (west), as well as | 3 | | those precincts contained, in whole or in part, within the | 4 | | geographical region with the following boundary lines: Belmont | 5 | | Avenue (south), Pulaski Avenue (east), Addison Avenue (north), | 6 | | and Kilbourn Avenue (west). Precise boundaries and precincts | 7 | | shall be taken from the November 2008 advisory referendum | 8 | | question. | 9 | | (c) Whenever a majority of the voters on such public | 10 | | question approve the creation of an Expanded Mental Health | 11 | | Services Program as certified by the proper election | 12 | | authorities, within 90 days of the passage of the referendum | 13 | | the Governor shall appoint 5 members and the Mayor of the | 14 | | municipality shall appoint 4 members, to be known as | 15 | | commissioners, to serve as the governing body of the Expanded | 16 | | Mental Health Services Program. | 17 | | (d) Of the 5 commissioners appointed by the Governor, the | 18 | | Governor shall choose 4 commissioners from a list of nominees | 19 | | supplied by a community organization or community | 20 | | organizations as defined in this Act; these 4 commissioners | 21 | | shall reside in the territory of the Program. Of the | 22 | | commissioners appointed by the Governor, one shall be a mental | 23 | | health professional and one shall be a mental health consumer | 24 | | residing in the territory of the Program. | 25 | | (e) Of the 4 commissioners appointed by the Mayor of the | 26 | | municipality, the Mayor shall choose 3 commissioners from a |
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| 1 | | list of nominees supplied by a community organization or | 2 | | community organizations as defined in this Act; these 3 | 3 | | commissioners shall reside in the territory of the Program. Of | 4 | | the commissioners appointed by the Mayor, one shall be a mental | 5 | | health professional and one shall be a mental health consumer | 6 | | residing in the territory of the Program. | 7 | | (f) A community organization may recommend up to 10 | 8 | | individuals to the Governor and up to 10 individuals to the | 9 | | Mayor to serve on the Governing Commission. | 10 | | (g) No fewer than 7 commissioners serving at one time shall | 11 | | reside within the territory of the Program. | 12 | | (h) Upon creation of a Governing Commission, the terms of | 13 | | the initial commissioners shall be as follows: (i) of the | 14 | | Governor's initial appointments, 2 shall be for 3 years, one | 15 | | for 2 years, and 2 for one year; and (ii) of the Mayor's | 16 | | initial appointments, one shall be for 3 years, 2 for 2 years, | 17 | | and one for one year. All succeeding terms shall be for 3 | 18 | | years, or until a successor is appointed and qualified. | 19 | | Commissioners shall serve without compensation except for | 20 | | reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in the | 21 | | performance of duties as a commissioner. A vacancy in the | 22 | | office of a member of a Governing Commission shall be filled in | 23 | | like manner as an original appointment. | 24 | | (i) Any member of the Governing Commission may be removed | 25 | | by a majority vote of all other commissioners for absenteeism, | 26 | | neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance in the office, after |
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| 1 | | being given a written statement of the charges and an | 2 | | opportunity to be heard thereon. | 3 | | (j) All proceedings and meetings of the Governing | 4 | | Commission shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions | 5 | | of the Open Meetings Act. | 6 | | Section 20. Duties and functions of Governing Commission. | 7 | | The duties and functions of the Governing Commission of an | 8 | | Expanded Mental Health Services Program shall include the | 9 | | following: | 10 | | (1) To, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, | 11 | | by the election of one of its number as president and one as | 12 | | secretary and such other officers as it may deem necessary. It | 13 | | shall establish policies, rules, regulations, bylaws, and | 14 | | procedures for both the Governing Commission and the Program | 15 | | concerning the rendition or operation of services and | 16 | | facilities which it directs, supervises, or funds, not | 17 | | inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. No policies, | 18 | | rules, regulations, or bylaws shall be adopted by the Governing | 19 | | Commission without prior notice to the residents of the | 20 | | territory of a Program and an opportunity for such residents to | 21 | | be heard. | 22 | | (2) To hold meetings at least quarterly, and to hold | 23 | | special meetings upon a written request signed by at least 2 | 24 | | commissioners and filed with the secretary of the Governing | 25 | | Commission. |
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| 1 | | (3) To provide annual status reports on the Program to the | 2 | | Governor, the Mayor of the municipality, and the voters of the | 3 | | territory within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year, | 4 | | such report to show the condition of the expanded mental health | 5 | | services fund for that year, the sums of money received from | 6 | | all sources, how all monies have been expended and for what | 7 | | purposes, how the Program has conformed with the mental health | 8 | | needs assessment conducted in the territory, and such other | 9 | | statistics and Program information in regard to the work of the | 10 | | Governing Commission as it may deem of general interest. | 11 | | (4) To manage, administer, and invest the financial | 12 | | resources contained in the expanded mental health services | 13 | | fund. | 14 | | (5) To employ necessary personnel, acquire necessary | 15 | | office space, enter into contractual relationships, and | 16 | | disburse funds in accordance with the provisions of this Act. | 17 | | In this regard, to the extent the Governing Commission chooses | 18 | | to retain the services of another public or private agency with | 19 | | respect to the provision of expanded mental health services | 20 | | under this Act, such selection shall be based upon receipt of a | 21 | | comprehensive plan addressing the following factors: the | 22 | | conducting of a thorough mental health needs assessment for the | 23 | | territory; the development of specific mental health programs | 24 | | and services tailored to this assessment; and the percentage of | 25 | | the proposed budget devoted to responding to these demonstrated | 26 | | needs. Within 14 days of the selection of any individual or |
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| 1 | | organization, the Governing Commission shall provide a written | 2 | | report of its decision, with specific reference to the factors | 3 | | used in reaching its decision, to the Mayor of the | 4 | | municipality, the Governor, and the voters of the territory. | 5 | | Subsequent decisions by the Governing Commission to retain or | 6 | | terminate the services of a provider shall be based upon the | 7 | | provider's success in achieving its stated goals, especially | 8 | | with regards to servicing the maximum number of residents of | 9 | | the territory identified as needing mental health services in | 10 | | the initial needs assessment and subsequent updates to it. | 11 | | (6) To disburse the funds collected annually from tax | 12 | | revenue in such a way that no less that 85% of those funds are | 13 | | expended on direct mental and emotional health services | 14 | | provided by licensed mental health professionals or by mental | 15 | | health interns or persons with a bachelor's degree in social | 16 | | work supervised by those professionals. | 17 | | (7) To establish criteria and standards necessary for | 18 | | hiring the licensed mental health professionals to be employed | 19 | | to provide the direct services of the Program. | 20 | | (8) To identify the mental and emotional health needs | 21 | | within the Program territory and determine the programs for | 22 | | meeting those needs annually as well as the eligible persons | 23 | | whom the Program may serve. | 24 | | (9) To obtain errors and omissions insurance for all | 25 | | commissioners in an amount of no less than $1,000,000. | 26 | | (10) To perform such other functions in connection with the |
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| 1 | | Program and the expanded mental health services fund as | 2 | | required under this Act. | 3 | | Section 25. Expanded mental health services fund. | 4 | | (a) The Governing Commission shall maintain the expanded | 5 | | mental health services fund for the purposes of paying the | 6 | | costs of administering the Program and carrying out its duties | 7 | | under this Act, subject to the limitations and procedures set | 8 | | forth in this Act. | 9 | | (b) The expanded mental health services fund shall be | 10 | | raised by means of an annual tax levied on each property within | 11 | | the territory of the Program. The rate of this tax may be | 12 | | changed from year to year by majority vote of the Governing | 13 | | Commission but in no case shall it exceed the ceiling rate | 14 | | established by the voters in the territory of the Program in | 15 | | the binding referendum to approve the creation of the Expanded | 16 | | Mental Health Services Program. The ceiling rate must be set | 17 | | within the range of .004 to .007 on each property in the | 18 | | territory of the Program. A higher ceiling rate for a territory | 19 | | may be established within that range only by the voters in a | 20 | | binding referendum from time to time to be held in a manner as | 21 | | set forth in this legislation. The commissioners shall cause | 22 | | the amount to be raised by taxation in each year to be | 23 | | certified to the county clerk in the manner provided by law, | 24 | | and any tax so levied and certified shall be collected and | 25 | | enforced in the same manner and by the same officers as those |
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| 1 | | taxes for the purposes of the county and city within which the | 2 | | territory of the Governing Commission is located. Any such tax, | 3 | | when collected, shall be paid over to the proper officer of the | 4 | | Governing Commission who is authorized to receive and receipt | 5 | | for such tax. The Governing Commission may issue tax | 6 | | anticipation warrants against the taxes to be assessed for a | 7 | | calendar year. | 8 | | (c) The moneys deposited in the expanded mental health | 9 | | services fund shall, as nearly as practicable, be fully and | 10 | | continuously invested or reinvested by the Governing | 11 | | Commission in investment obligations which shall be in such | 12 | | amounts, and shall mature at such times, that the maturity or | 13 | | date of redemption at the option of the holder of such | 14 | | investment obligations shall coincide, as nearly as | 15 | | practicable, with the times at which monies will be required | 16 | | for the purposes of the Program. For the purposes of this | 17 | | Section, "investment obligation" means direct general | 18 | | municipal, state, or federal obligations which at the time are | 19 | | legal investments under the laws of this State and the payment | 20 | | of principal of and interest on which are unconditionally | 21 | | guaranteed by the governing body issuing them. | 22 | | (d) The fund shall be used solely and exclusively for the | 23 | | purpose of providing expanded mental health services and no | 24 | | more that 15% of the annual levy may be used for reasonable | 25 | | salaries, expenses, bills, and fees incurred in administering | 26 | | the Program. |
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| 1 | | (e) The fund shall be maintained, invested, and expended | 2 | | exclusively by the Governing Commission of the Program for | 3 | | whose purposes it was created. Under no circumstances shall the | 4 | | fund be used by any person or persons, governmental body, or | 5 | | public or private agency or concern other than the Governing | 6 | | Commission of the Program for whose purposes it was created. | 7 | | Under no circumstances shall the fund be commingled with other | 8 | | funds or investments. | 9 | | (f) No commissioner or family member of a commissioner, or | 10 | | employee or family member of an employee, may receive any | 11 | | financial benefit, either directly or indirectly, from the | 12 | | fund. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit | 13 | | payment of expenses to a commissioner in accordance with | 14 | | subsection (h) of Section 15. | 15 | | (g) Annually, the Governing Commission shall prepare for | 16 | | informational purposes in the appropriations process: (1) an | 17 | | annual budget showing the estimated receipts and intended | 18 | | disbursements pursuant to this Act for the fiscal year | 19 | | immediately following the date the budget is submitted, which | 20 | | date must be at least 30 days prior to the start of the fiscal | 21 | | year; and (2) an independent financial audit of the fund and | 22 | | the management of the Program detailing the income received and | 23 | | disbursements made pursuant to this Act during the fiscal year | 24 | | just preceding the date the annual report is submitted, which | 25 | | date must be within 90 days of the close of that fiscal year. | 26 | | These reports shall be made available to the public through any |
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| 1 | | office of the Governing Commission or a public facility such as | 2 | | a local public library located within the territory of the | 3 | | Program. In addition, and in an effort to increase transparency | 4 | | of public programming, the Governing Commission shall | 5 | | effectively create and operate a publicly accessible website, | 6 | | which shall publish results of all audits for a period of no | 7 | | less than six months after the initial disclosure of the | 8 | | results and findings of each audit. | 9 | | Section 30. Termination of a Program. An Expanded Mental | 10 | | Health Services Program may be terminated only by the | 11 | | submission of and approval of the issue in the form of a public | 12 | | question before the voters of the territory of the Program at a | 13 | | regularly scheduled election in the same manner as the question | 14 | | of the creation of the Program, as set forth in Section 15 of | 15 | | this Act. If a majority of the voters voting upon the question | 16 | | approve the termination of the Expanded Mental Health Services | 17 | | Program, as certified by the proper election authorities, the | 18 | | Program shall conclude its business and cease operations within | 19 | | one year of the date on which the election containing the | 20 | | public question was held. | 21 | | Section 35. Immunity and indemnification. No commissioner, | 22 | | officer, or employee, whether on salary, wage, or voluntary | 23 | | basis, shall be personally liable and no cause of action may be | 24 | | brought for damages resulting from the exercise of judgment or |
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| 1 | | discretion in connection with the performance of Program duties | 2 | | or responsibilities, unless the act or omission involved | 3 | | willful or wanton conduct. | 4 | | A Program shall indemnify each commissioner, officer, and | 5 | | employee, except for the mental health professionals who will | 6 | | be expected to maintain malpractice insurance appropriate to | 7 | | their professional positions, whether on salary, wage, or | 8 | | voluntary basis against any and all losses, damages, judgments, | 9 | | interest, settlements, fines, court costs and other reasonable | 10 | | costs and expenses of legal proceedings including attorney | 11 | | fees, and any other liabilities incurred by, imposed upon, or | 12 | | suffered by such individual in connection with or resulting | 13 | | from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, actual or | 14 | | threatened, arising out of or in connection with the | 15 | | performance of Program duties. Any settlement of any claim must | 16 | | be made with prior approval of the Governing Commission in | 17 | | order for indemnification, as provided in this Section, to be | 18 | | available. | 19 | | The immunity and indemnification provided by a Program | 20 | | under this Section shall not cover any acts or omissions which | 21 | | involve willful or wanton conduct, breach of good faith, | 22 | | intentional misconduct, knowing violation of the law, or for | 23 | | any transaction from which such individual derives an improper | 24 | | personal benefit. | 25 | | Section 40. Legal actions. No lawsuit or any other type of |
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| 1 | | legal action brought under the terms of this Act shall be | 2 | | sustainable in a court of law or equity unless all conditions, | 3 | | stipulations, and provisions of the Program have been complied | 4 | | with, and unless the suit is brought within 12 months after the | 5 | | event which is the subject of the legal action. | 6 | | Section 45. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of | 7 | | this Act or any procedure, regulation, or bylaw of a Governing | 8 | | Commission and Program created under the provisions of this Act | 9 | | shall, in addition to all other remedies provided by law, be | 10 | | guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not more than | 11 | | $1,000 for each offense. | 12 | | Section 50. Home rule. The authority or duty to establish | 13 | | or prohibit the establishment of Expanded Mental Health | 14 | | Services Programs in any municipality with more than 1,000,000 | 15 | | inhabitants, including home rule units, and the determination | 16 | | of the terms of such Programs are declared to be exclusive | 17 | | powers and functions of the State which may not be exercised | 18 | | concurrently by any such municipality. No municipality with | 19 | | more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, including home rule units, | 20 | | shall establish or maintain an Expanded Mental Health Services | 21 | | Program other than as provided in this Act, and any such | 22 | | municipality shall affirmatively establish and maintain an | 23 | | Expanded Mental Health Services Program when required to do so | 24 | | pursuant to this Act. This Section is a denial and
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| 1 | | of home rule powers and functions under
subsection (h) of | 2 | | Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution.
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.".
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