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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3071
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 20/1 |
from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301 |
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Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3071 |
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LRB096 07501 DRJ 17594 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Community Mental Health Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (405 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301)
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| Sec. 1. As used in this Act:
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| "Direct recipient services" means only those services |
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| required to carry out a completed individualized treatment plan |
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| that
that is is signed by a service recipient or legal |
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| guardian. Crisis assessment and stabilization services are |
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| excluded, although these services may be anticipated in a |
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| treatment plan.
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| "Governmental unit" means any county, city, village, |
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| incorporated
town, or township.
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| "Person with a developmental disability" means any person |
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| or persons so
diagnosed and as defined in the Mental Health and |
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| Developmental Disabilities
Code. Community mental health |
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| boards operating under this Act may in their jurisdiction, by a |
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| majority vote, add to the definition of "person with a |
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| developmental disability".
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| "Mental illness" has the meaning ascribed to that term in |
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| the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. |