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SB1192 93rd General Assembly


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 1        AN ACT concerning mental health.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Community  Services  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (405 ILCS 30/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 901)
 7        Sec.  1.   Purpose.   It is declared to be the policy and
 8    intent of the Illinois General Assembly that  the  Department
 9    of  Human  Services  assume  leadership  in  facilitating the
10    establishment of  comprehensive  and  coordinated  arrays  of
11    private  and public services for persons with mental illness,
12    persons with a developmental disability, and alcohol and drug
13    dependent citizens residing  in  communities  throughout  the
14    state.    The Department shall work in partnership with local
15    government  entities,  direct  service  providers,  voluntary
16    associations and communities  to  create  a  system  that  is
17    sensitive  to  the  needs  of  local  communities  and  which
18    complements  existing  family  and  other  natural  supports,
19    social institutions and programs.
20        The  goals of the service system shall include but not be
21    limited  to  the  following:  to  strengthen   the   disabled
22    individual's   independence,   self-esteem   and  ability  to
23    participate in and contribute to community  life;  to  insure
24    continuity of care for clients; to enable disabled persons to
25    access  needed  services,  commensurate with their individual
26    wishes and needs, regardless of  where  they  reside  in  the
27    state;  to  prevent  unnecessary institutionalization and the
28    dislocation of individuals from their  home  communities;  to
29    provide a range of services so that persons can receive these
30    services  in  settings  which  do  not unnecessarily restrict
31    their  liberty;  and  to  encourage  clients  to  move  among
 
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 1    settings as their needs change.
 2        The system shall include provision  of  services  in  the
 3    areas  of  prevention,  client assessment and diagnosis, case
 4    coordination,  crisis  and  emergency  care,  treatment   and
 5    habilitation  and support services, and community residential
 6    alternatives to institutional settings. The General  Assembly
 7    recognizes  that  community  programs are an integral part of
 8    the larger  service  system,  which  includes  state-operated
 9    facilities   for   persons  who  cannot  receive  appropriate
10    services in the community.
11        Towards achievement of  these  ends,  the  Department  of
12    Human  Services,  working  in  coordination  with other State
13    agencies, shall assume responsibilities pursuant to this Act,
14    which includes activities in the areas of  planning,  quality
15    assurance,  program  evaluation, community education, and the
16    provision of financial  and  technical  assistance  to  local
17    provider agencies.
18    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)