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Public Act 097-0138
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| HB3468 Enrolled | LRB097 02965 KTG 42990 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section |
10.1 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1705/10.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10.1)
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Sec. 10.1.
Every woman of child-bearing age who
is admitted |
to a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department shall,
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with her consent or the consent of her guardian, be
tested for |
pregnancy upon admission and thereafter as indicated. For a |
recipient who is admitted to and remains in a facility for more |
than 60 days a A record
of each such recipient's menstrual |
cycles shall be maintained. A plan for
complete prenatal care |
shall be developed and implemented for each
recipient who is |
found to be pregnant. On-site prenatal care shall be
provided |
to recipients who are not verbal or who otherwise cannot
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communicate with a provider of care because of a severe |
disability, in
which case the facility administrator shall also |
seek the consent of the
recipient's legal guardian for special |
care for the recipient, or shall
arrange for a temporary or |
limited guardianship of the person of the
recipient for the |
purpose of obtaining consent to diagnosis and treatment
of the |