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Rep. Charles Meier
Filed: 3/20/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1671
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1671 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 8.1 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/8.1 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 8.1. State-operated developmental centers; |
| 9 | | readmissions. Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the |
| 10 | | contrary, a State-operated developmental center funded, |
| 11 | | certified, or licensed by the Department shall readmit, upon |
| 12 | | request, any former resident who transferred to and currently |
| 13 | | receives services at a licensed community-integrated living |
| 14 | | arrangement, if the former resident or the former resident's |
| 15 | | family or legal guardian determines that the former resident's |
| 16 | | medical needs cannot be met by the program of services |