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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 5i as follows: | ||||||
6 | (30 ILCS 105/5i new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5i. Closure of State mental health facilities or | ||||||
8 | developmental disabilities facilities. Consistent with the | ||||||
9 | provisions of Sections 4.4 and 4.5 of the Community Services | ||||||
10 | Act, whenever a State mental health facility operated by the | ||||||
11 | Department of Human Services or a State developmental | ||||||
12 | disabilities facility operated by the Department of Human | ||||||
13 | Services is closed, the Department of Human Services, at the | ||||||
14 | direction of the Governor, shall transfer funds from the closed | ||||||
15 | facility to the appropriate line item providing appropriation | ||||||
16 | authority for the new venue of care to facilitate the | ||||||
17 | transition of services to the new venue of care, provided that | ||||||
18 | the new venue of care is a Department of Human Services funded | ||||||
19 | provider or facility. | ||||||
20 | As used in this Section, the terms "mental health facility" | ||||||
21 | and "developmental disabilities facility" have the meanings | ||||||
22 | ascribed to those terms in the Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
23 | Disabilities Code.
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1 | Section 10. The Community Services Act is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 4.6 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (405 ILCS 30/4.6) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 4.6. Closure and sale of State mental health or | ||||||
5 | developmental disabilities facility. | ||||||
6 | (a) Whenever a State mental health facility operated by the | ||||||
7 | Department of Human Services is closed and the real estate on | ||||||
8 | which the facility is located is sold by the State, then, to | ||||||
9 | the extent that net proceeds are realized from the sale of that | ||||||
10 | real estate, those net proceeds must be directed toward | ||||||
11 | providing
other services and supports for persons with mental | ||||||
12 | health needs. To that end, those net proceeds shall be | ||||||
13 | deposited into the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund. | ||||||
14 | (b) Whenever a State developmental disabilities facility | ||||||
15 | operated by the Department of Human Services is closed and the | ||||||
16 | real estate on which the facility is located is sold by the | ||||||
17 | State, then, to the extent that net proceeds are realized from | ||||||
18 | the sale of that real estate, those net proceeds must be | ||||||
19 | directed toward providing
other services and supports for | ||||||
20 | persons with developmental disabilities needs. To that end, | ||||||
21 | those net proceeds shall be deposited into the Community | ||||||
22 | Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund. | ||||||
23 | (c) In determining whether any net proceeds are realized | ||||||
24 | from a sale of real estate described in subsection (a) or (b), |
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1 | the Division of Developmental Disabilities and the Division of | ||||||
2 | Mental Health of the Department of Human Services shall each | ||||||
3 | determine the money, if any, that shall be made available to | ||||||
4 | ensure that life, safety, and care concerns, including | ||||||
5 | infrastructure, are addressed so as to provide for persons with | ||||||
6 | developmental disabilities or mental illness at the remaining | ||||||
7 | respective State-operated facilities that will be expected to | ||||||
8 | serve the individuals previously served at the closed facility. | ||||||
9 | (d) The purposes for which the net proceeds from a sale of | ||||||
10 | real estate as provided in this Section may be used include, | ||||||
11 | but are not limited to, the following: | ||||||
12 | (1) Providing for individuals with developmental | ||||||
13 | disabilities and mental health needs the services and | ||||||
14 | supports described in subsection (e) of Section 4.4. | ||||||
15 | (2) In the case of the closure of a mental health | ||||||
16 | facility, the construction of a new facility to serve the | ||||||
17 | needs of persons with mental health needs. | ||||||
18 | (3) In the case of the closure of a developmental | ||||||
19 | disabilities facility, construction of a new facility to | ||||||
20 | serve the needs of persons with developmental disabilities | ||||||
21 | needs. | ||||||
22 | (e) Whenever any net proceeds are realized from a sale of | ||||||
23 | real estate as provided in this Section, the Department of | ||||||
24 | Human Services shall share and discuss its plan or plans for | ||||||
25 | using those net proceeds with advocates, advocacy | ||||||
26 | organizations, and advisory groups whose
mission
includes |
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1 | advocacy for persons with developmental disabilities or | ||||||
2 | persons with
mental
illness.
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3 | (f) Consistent with the provisions of Sections 4.4 and 4.5 | ||||||
4 | of this Act, whenever a State mental health facility operated | ||||||
5 | by the Department of Human Services is closed, the Department | ||||||
6 | of Human Services, at the direction of the Governor, shall | ||||||
7 | transfer funds from the closed facility to the appropriate line | ||||||
8 | item providing appropriation authority for the new venue of | ||||||
9 | care to facilitate the transition of services to the new venue | ||||||
10 | of care, provided that the new venue of care is a Department of | ||||||
11 | Human Services funded provider or facility. | ||||||
12 | (g) As used in this Section, the term "mental health | ||||||
13 | facility" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Mental | ||||||
14 | Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 96-660, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.) |