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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1136 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, a State-operated developmental center funded, certified, or licensed by the Department of Human Services shall readmit, upon request, any former resident who transferred to and currently receives services at a licensed community-integrated living arrangement, if the former resident consents or if the former resident has a guardian with placement authority and that guardian consents based on a determination that the former resident's medical needs cannot be met by the program of services administered by the community-integrated living arrangement. |
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| | HB1136 | | LRB104 03845 KTG 13869 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 8.2 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/8.2 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 8.2. 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 consents or if the former |
| 15 | | resident has a guardian with placement authority and that |
| 16 | | guardian consents based on a determination that the former |
| 17 | | resident's medical needs cannot be met by the program of |
| 18 | | services administered by the community-integrated living |
| 19 | | arrangement. |