(405 ILCS 80/4-1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1804-1)
Sec. 4-1.
The Department of Human Services may provide access to home-based
and community-based services for
children and adults with mental disabilities through the designation of local
screening and assessment units and community support teams. The screening
and assessment units shall provide comprehensive assessment; develop
individual service plans; link the persons with mental disabilities and
their families to community providers for implementation of the plan; and
monitor the plan's implementation for the time necessary to insure that the
plan is appropriate and acceptable to the persons with mental disabilities
and their families. The Department also will make available community
support services in each local geographic area for persons with severe
mental disabilities. Community support teams will provide case management,
ongoing guidance and assistance for persons with mental disabilities; will offer
skills training, crisis/behavioral intervention, client/family support, and
access to medication management; and provide individual client assistance to
access housing, financial benefits, and employment-related services.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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