(405 ILCS 125/5)

Sec. 5. Establishment of program. Subject to appropriation, the Housing is Recovery pilot program shall be established and administered by the Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health. The purpose of the program is to prevent a person with a serious mental illness who is at high risk of unnecessary institutionalization, or a person with a substance use disorder who is at high risk of overdose, due to homelessness, a lack of access to recovery support services, and repeating cycles of hospitalizations or justice system involvement from being institutionalized or dying. This will be accomplished by enabling affordable housing through the use of a bridge rental subsidy combined with access to recovery support services or treatment. The triple aim of Housing is Recovery is:

(1) preventing institutionalization and overdose deaths;

(2) improving health outcomes and access to recovery support services; and

(3) reducing State costs.

(Source: P.A. 102-66, eff. 7-9-21.)