Full Text of HB2770 101st General Assembly
HB2770 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2770 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 1705/4 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that for the safety of mental health care patients and staff members,
no fewer than a total of 4 registered nurses or mental health technicians shall be assigned to any unit at any
time in the following State-operated hospitals: (1) the Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton; (2) the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago; (3) the Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, at Anna; (4) the Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin; (5)
the John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Chicago; and (6) the Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center, at Springfield. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section | 6 | | 4 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4)
| 8 | | Sec. 4. Supervision of facilities and services; quarterly | 9 | | reports.
| 10 | | (a) To exercise executive and administrative supervision | 11 | | over
all facilities, divisions, programs and services now | 12 | | existing or
hereafter acquired or created under the | 13 | | jurisdiction of the Department,
including, but not limited to, | 14 | | the following:
| 15 | | The Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton
| 16 | | The Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental | 17 | | Center, at Anna
| 18 | | The Chester Mental Health Center, at Chester
| 19 | | The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago
| 20 | | The Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin
| 21 | | The Metropolitan Children and Adolescents Center, at | 22 | | Chicago
| 23 | | The Jacksonville Developmental Center, at Jacksonville
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| 1 | | The Governor Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center, | 2 | | at Kankakee
| 3 | | The Tinley Park Mental Health Center, at Tinley Park
| 4 | | The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center, at | 5 | | Centralia
| 6 | | The Jack Mabley Developmental Center, at Dixon
| 7 | | The Lincoln Developmental Center, at Lincoln
| 8 | | The H. Douglas Singer Mental Health and Developmental | 9 | | Center, at Rockford
| 10 | | The John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Chicago
| 11 | | The George A. Zeller Mental Health Center, at Peoria
| 12 | | The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center, at | 13 | | Springfield
| 14 | | The Adolf Meyer Mental Health Center, at Decatur
| 15 | | The William W. Fox Developmental Center, at Dwight
| 16 | | The Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center, at Park | 17 | | Forest
| 18 | | The William A. Howe Developmental Center, at Tinley | 19 | | Park
| 20 | | The Ann M. Kiley Developmental Center, at Waukegan.
| 21 | | (b) Beginning not later than July 1, 1977, the Department | 22 | | shall cause
each of the facilities under its jurisdiction which | 23 | | provide in-patient
care to comply with standards, rules and | 24 | | regulations of the Department
of Public Health prescribed under | 25 | | Section 6.05 of the Hospital
Licensing Act.
| 26 | | (b-5) The Department shall cause
each of the facilities |
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| 1 | | under its jurisdiction that provide in-patient
care to comply | 2 | | with Section 6.25 of the Hospital
Licensing Act. | 3 | | (c) The Department shall issue quarterly electronic | 4 | | reports to the General Assembly on admissions,
deflections, | 5 | | discharges, bed closures, staff-resident ratios, census,
| 6 | | average length of stay, and any adverse federal certification | 7 | | or
accreditation findings, if any, for each State-operated | 8 | | facility for the
mentally ill
and for persons with | 9 | | developmental disabilities.
The quarterly reports shall be | 10 | | issued by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each | 11 | | year. The quarterly reports shall include the following | 12 | | information for each facility reflecting the period ending 15 | 13 | | days prior to the submission of the report: | 14 | | (1) the number of employees; | 15 | | (2) the number of workplace violence incidents that | 16 | | occurred, including the number that were a direct assault | 17 | | on employees by residents and the number that resulted from | 18 | | staff intervention in a resident altercation or other form | 19 | | of injurious behavior; | 20 | | (3) the number of employees impacted in each incident; | 21 | | and | 22 | | (4) the number of employee injuries resulting, | 23 | | descriptions of the nature of the injuries, the number of | 24 | | employee injuries requiring medical treatment at the | 25 | | facility, the number of employee injuries requiring | 26 | | outside medical treatment, and the number of days off work |
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| 1 | | per injury. | 2 | | (d) The requirements in subsection (c) do not relieve the | 3 | | Department from the recordkeeping requirements of the | 4 | | Occupational Safety and Health Act. | 5 | | (e) The Department shall: | 6 | | (1) establish a reasonable procedure for employees to | 7 | | report work-related assaults and injuries. A procedure is | 8 | | not reasonable if it would deter or discourage a reasonable | 9 | | employee from accurately reporting a workplace assault or | 10 | | injury; | 11 | | (2) inform each employee: | 12 | | (A) of the procedure for reporting work-related | 13 | | assaults and injuries; | 14 | | (B) of the right to report work-related assaults | 15 | | and injuries; and | 16 | | (C) that the Department is prohibited from | 17 | | discharging or in any manner discriminating against | 18 | | employees for reporting work-related assaults and | 19 | | injuries; and | 20 | | (3) not discharge, discipline, or in any manner | 21 | | discriminate against any employee for reporting a | 22 | | work-related assault or injury.
| 23 | | (f) To provide for the safety of mental health care | 24 | | patients and staff members,
no fewer than a total of 4 | 25 | | registered nurses or mental health technicians shall be | 26 | | assigned to any unit at any
time in the following |
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| 1 | | State-operated hospitals: | 2 | | (1)
The Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton. | 3 | | (2) The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago. | 4 | | (3) The Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental | 5 | | Center, at Anna. | 6 | | (4) The Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin. | 7 | | (5)
The John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at | 8 | | Chicago. | 9 | | (6)
The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center, at | 10 | | Springfield. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-1075, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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