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90_HB0540
20 ILCS 1705/4.3 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.3
Amends the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Act. Provides that facilities under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Mental Health and
Disabilities (transferred to the Department of Human Services
on July 1, 1997) shall be subject to a site audit at least
once during each 12-month period by the Department (now each
biennum by the Citizens Council on Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities). Provides that the visit shall
determine compliance with the statutes and Department
policies and procedures (now Department policies and
procedures). Provides that visits shall be made to review
and follow up on complaints made by legislators, mental
health agencies and advocates (now mental health agencies and
advocates). Provides that non-profit advocacy organizations
shall have access to all facilities. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Mental Health and
2 Developmental Disabilities Act (short title changed to Mental
3 Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act
4 effective July 1, 1997) by changing Section 4.3.
5 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6 represented in the General Assembly:
7 Section 5. The Department of Mental Health and
8 Developmental Disabilities Act (short title changed to
9 Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative
10 Act effective July 1, 1997) is amended by changing Section
11 4.3 as follows:
12 (20 ILCS 1705/4.3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.3)
13 Sec. 4.3. Site visits and inspections.
14 (a) Each facility under the jurisdiction of the
15 Department shall be subject to a site visit at least once
16 during each 12-month period biennium by the Citizens Council
17 on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities as provided
18 in Section 11A-7 of the Legislative Commission Reorganization
19 Act of 1984, as now or hereafter amended.
20 (b) The Department shall establish a system of annual
21 on-site inspections of each facility under its jurisdiction.
22 The inspections shall be conducted by the Department
23 Department's central office to:
24 (1) Determine facility compliance with the statutes and
25 the Department policies and procedures;
26 (2) Determine facility compliance with audit
27 recommendations;
28 (3) Evaluate facility compliance with applicable federal
29 standards;
30 (4) Review and follow up on complaints made by
31 legislators, community mental health agencies and advocates,
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1 and on findings of the Human Rights Authority division of the
2 Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; and
3 (5) Review administrative and management problems
4 identified by other sources.
5 (c) The Department shall allow non-profit advocacy
6 organizations access to all facilities under the same rules
7 governing the functions of the Inspector General as
8 authorized under the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care
9 Facility Residents Reporting Act.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-1013.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.