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| Public Act 104-0074 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning mental health. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Out-of-State Person Subject to Involuntary | ||||
Admission on an Inpatient Basis Mental Health Treatment Act is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 40, and 45 as follows: | ||||
(405 ILCS 110/5) | ||||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||||
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Department" means the Department of Human Services. | ||||
"Eastern Iowa Mental Health Region" means the Iowa | ||||
counties of Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott. | ||||
"Person subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient | ||||
basis", "mental health facility", and "recipient" have the | ||||
meanings ascribed to them in the Mental Health and | ||||
Developmental Disabilities Code. | ||||
"Program service Pilot project area" means the Eastern | ||||
Iowa Mental Health Region and Rock Island County, Illinois. | ||||
"Receiving agency" means a mental health facility located | ||||
in Rock Island, Illinois which accepts and provides treatment | ||||
to a person from the sending state. | ||||
"Receiving state" means Illinois. | ||||
"Sending state" means Iowa. | ||||
(Source: P.A. 100-12, eff. 7-1-17.) | ||
(405 ILCS 110/10) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||
Sec. 10. Mental health program; Pilot project reciprocal | ||
agreement. The mental health pilot project created under | ||
Public Act 100-12 shall be a permanent program. Under the | ||
program, On or before January 1, 2018, there is created a | ||
2-year mental health pilot project for which the receiving | ||
agency may accept the admission of an Iowa resident from the | ||
Eastern Iowa Mental Health Region who is a person subject to | ||
involuntary admission on an inpatient basis under an order | ||
issued by an Iowa court for treatment at a receiving agency in | ||
this State for which the Iowa court shall have jurisdiction | ||
over the recipient while committed to a receiving agency in | ||
this State as provided under Section 331.910 of the Iowa Code. | ||
The program pilot project shall also provide that a resident | ||
of Rock Island County, Illinois who is a person subject to | ||
involuntary admission on an inpatient basis under an order | ||
issued by a court of this State for treatment at a receiving | ||
agency in this State may receive inpatient treatment in the | ||
sending state. The sending state or receiving agency shall | ||
provide mental health services to the recipient for the | ||
duration of the court order and shall return the recipient to | ||
his or her state of legal residence upon discharge. If a | ||
recipient has to enter a State-operated facility, the | ||
recipient must be returned to his or her state of legal | ||
residence. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-12, eff. 7-1-17.) | ||
(405 ILCS 110/15) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||
Sec. 15. Reciprocal agreement. For the purpose of the | ||
program pilot project, the reciprocal agreement is limited to | ||
court orders issued by the courts in the Eastern Iowa Mental | ||
Health Region and in Rock Island County, Illinois. Court | ||
orders valid under the law of the sending state are granted | ||
recognition and reciprocity in the receiving state's | ||
respective program service pilot project area to the extent | ||
that the court orders relate to commitment for inpatient | ||
treatment of a mental illness. The court orders are not | ||
subject to legal challenge in the courts of the receiving | ||
state. Persons who are detained, committed or placed under the | ||
law of a sending state and who are transferred to a receiving | ||
state under this Section continue to be in the legal custody of | ||
the authority responsible for them under the law of the | ||
sending state. Except in emergencies, those persons may not be | ||
transferred, removed, or furloughed from a facility of the | ||
receiving agency without the specific approval of the | ||
authority responsible for them under the law of the sending | ||
state. The receiving facility, whether public or private, must | ||
agree to the transfer from the sending state before a transfer | ||
takes place. Specifically excluded from the program this pilot | ||
project are those persons who are involved in criminal | ||
proceedings. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-12, eff. 7-1-17.) | ||
(405 ILCS 110/40) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||
Sec. 40. Report to the Department. Beginning January 1, | ||
2026, and every January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2030, | ||
the receiving agency shall annually collect for the Department | ||
demographic information on the number of persons served under | ||
the program during the prior calendar year, lengths of stay, | ||
cost data, and any specific problems or concerns that were | ||
raised during their stay. The receiving agency shall also | ||
collect information about the number of Illinois residents who | ||
were served during the same period and whether any Illinois | ||
residents were denied services due to the program. The | ||
receiving agency shall also notify other providers, hospitals, | ||
courts, law enforcement organizations, and advocacy | ||
organizations in the program service area of its data | ||
collection for the Department and ask them to supply any | ||
comments to the Department about the program. Beginning August | ||
1, 2026 and each calendar year thereafter through August 1, | ||
2030, the receiving agency shall submit the collected data and | ||
comments in a written report to the Department. The receiving | ||
agency shall submit to the Department demographic information | ||
on the number of persons served in this pilot project, lengths | ||
of stay, cost data, and any specific problems or concerns that | ||
were raised during their stay. The agency shall also provide | ||
information about the number of Illinois residents who were | ||
served during the same period and whether any Illinois | ||
residents were denied services due to this pilot project. The | ||
receiving agency shall also notify other providers, hospitals, | ||
courts, law enforcement organizations, and advocacy | ||
organizations in the pilot project area on or before July 1, | ||
2019 of the report to the Department on the pilot project and | ||
ask them to supply any comments to the Department. The | ||
receiving agency shall provide the information on or before | ||
August 1, 2019. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-12, eff. 7-1-17.) | ||
(405 ILCS 110/45) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||
Sec. 45. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 2031 | ||
2026. | ||
(Source: P.A. 103-1059, eff. 12-20-24.) | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||