HB5479 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 18084 RLC 53213 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5479

Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Meier

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 5/4-710 new

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall develop a monitoring program for any client that is discharged from a developmental disability facility under the Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Procedures for the Developmentally Disabled Chapter of the Code to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the program shall include weekly face-to-face visits for the first 8 weeks after discharge with an employee of the Department and monthly face-to-face visits after the first 8 weeks with an employee of the Department for one year after discharge.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 4-710 as follows:

(405 ILCS 5/4-710 new)

Sec. 4-710. Department monitoring program. The Department shall develop a monitoring program for any client that is discharged from a developmental disability facility under this Chapter to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. The program shall include weekly face-to-face visits with an employee of the Department for the first 8 weeks after discharge and monthly face-to-face visits with an employee of the Department after the first 8 weeks for one year after discharge.