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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5479 Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall develop a monitoring program for any client that is discharged
from a developmental disability facility under the Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Procedures
for the Developmentally Disabled Chapter of the Code to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the program shall include
weekly face-to-face visits for the first 8 weeks after discharge with an employee of the Department and monthly face-to-face visits after the
first 8 weeks with an employee of the Department for one year after discharge.
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| | HB5479 | | LRB098 18084 RLC 53213 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 4-710 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/4-710 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 4-710. Department monitoring program. The Department |
| 9 | | shall develop a monitoring program for any client that is |
| 10 | | discharged
from a developmental disability facility under this |
| 11 | | Chapter to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated |
| 12 | | Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. The |
| 13 | | program shall include
weekly face-to-face visits with an |
| 14 | | employee of the Department for the first 8 weeks after |
| 15 | | discharge and monthly face-to-face visits with an employee of |
| 16 | | the Department after the
first 8 weeks for one year after |
| 17 | | discharge.
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