(730 ILCS 5/3-10-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-6)
Sec. 3-10-6. Return and Release from Department of Human Services.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall return to the Department of Juvenile Justice
any person
committed to a facility of the Department under paragraph (a) of Section
3-10-5 when the person no longer meets the standard for admission of a
minor to a mental health facility, or is suitable for administrative
admission to a developmental disability facility.
(b) If a person returned to the Department of Juvenile Justice under paragraph (a)
of this Section has not had an aftercare release hearing within the preceding 6 months,
he or she shall have an aftercare release hearing within 45 days after his or her return.
(c) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall notify the Secretary of Human Services
of the expiration of the
commitment or sentence of any person transferred to the Department of Human
Services under Section
3-10-5. If the Department of Human Services determines that such person
transferred to it under paragraph (a) of Section 3-10-5 requires further
hospitalization, it shall file a petition for commitment of such person
under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
(d) The Department of Human Services shall
release under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, any
person transferred to it pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 3-10-5, whose
sentence has expired and whom it deems no longer meets the standard for
admission of a minor to a mental health facility, or is suitable for
administrative admission to a developmental disability facility. A person
committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act
or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and transferred to the Department of Human
Services under paragraph (c)
of Section
3-10-5 shall be released to the committing juvenile court when the
Department of Human Services determines that
he or she no longer requires hospitalization for treatment.
(Source: P.A. 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.)
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