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90_HB2624
20 ILCS 1705/4.3 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.3
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Administrative Act. Provides that facilities under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services shall be
subject to a site audit at least once during each 12-month
period by the Department (now each biennium 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 Mental Health and Developmental
2 Disabilities Administrative Act by changing Section 4.3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
6 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing
7 Section 4.3 as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 1705/4.3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.3)
9 Sec. 4.3. Site visits and inspections.
10 (a) Each facility under the jurisdiction of the
11 Department shall be subject to a site visit at least once
12 during each 12-month period biennium by the Citizens Council
13 on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities as provided
14 in Section 11A-7 of the Legislative Commission Reorganization
15 Act of 1984, as now or hereafter amended.
16 (b) The Department shall establish a system of annual
17 on-site inspections of each facility under its jurisdiction.
18 The inspections shall be conducted by the Department
19 Department's central office to:
20 (1) Determine facility compliance with the statutes and
21 the Department policies and procedures;
22 (2) Determine facility compliance with audit
23 recommendations;
24 (3) Evaluate facility compliance with applicable federal
25 standards;
26 (4) Review and follow up on complaints made by
27 legislators, community mental health agencies and advocates,
28 and on findings of the Human Rights Authority division of the
29 Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; and
30 (5) Review administrative and management problems
31 identified by other sources.
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1 (c) The Department shall allow non-profit advocacy
2 organizations access to all facilities under the same rules
3 governing the functions of the Inspector General as
4 authorized under the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care
5 Facility Residents Reporting Act.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-1013.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.