Public Act 095-0281
 
HB0017 Enrolled LRB095 03457 CMK 23461 b

    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 Administrative Act is amended by changing Section
10 as follows:
 
    (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 alcoholism, drug addiction or other
substance abuse. Based on such examination, the Department
shall may provide necessary medical, education and
rehabilitation services, and shall may arrange for further
assessment and referral of such persons to appropriate
alcoholism or substance abuse services. Referral of such
persons by the Department to appropriate alcoholism or
substance abuse services 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 alcoholism, drug addiction or
abuse of other substances.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)