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HB1450 Engrossed |
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LRB094 08791 RSP 39007 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 |
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| Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
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| 18.6 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1705/18.6 new) |
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| Sec. 18.6. Recovery-oriented services and treatment. The |
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| Department shall research and determine requirements for the |
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| development and transformation to a recovery-oriented system |
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| for delivering State-funded and State-operated services to |
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| persons with mental illness. The Department may convene an |
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| inter-agency, inter-disciplinary task force of experts in the |
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| mental health field, including consumers of services, mental |
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| health professionals, providers of State-operated and |
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| community-based services, advisory boards and councils, and |
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| organizations representing consumers to assist in this |
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| determination. |
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| For the purpose of this Section, "recovery" refers to the |
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| process by which people are able to live, work, learn, and |
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| participate fully in their communities. A recovery-oriented |
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| system provides services and treatments that are consumer and |
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| family centered and geared to give consumers real and |
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| meaningful choices about treatment options and providers. Care |
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| must focus on increasing consumers' ability to successfully |
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| cope with life's challenges, on facilitating recovery, and on |
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| building resilience, not just on managing symptoms. |
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| By January 1, 2006, the Department shall prepare and submit |
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| a report to the Governor and to the General Assembly of |
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| findings and recommendations to transform the current system of |
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| care for persons with mental illness to a recovery-oriented |
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| system including a common definition of terms, the requirements |