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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1586
Introduced 2/15/2005, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 1705/10 |
from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, based on an examination of a person admitted to a facility of the Department of Human Services, the Department shall (instead of may) provide necessary medical, education, and rehabilitation services and shall (instead of may) arrange for a further assessment and referral to appropriate alcoholism or substance abuse services. Provides that the assessment and referral shall be made to a provider who is able to accept the person for referral and perform a further assessment within a clinically appropriate time.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1586 |
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LRB094 08780 RSP 38995 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
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| Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 10 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1705/10) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10)
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| Sec. 10. To examine persons admitted to facilities of the |
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| Department
for treatment of mental illness or developmental |
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| disability to determine
alcoholism, drug addiction or other |
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| substance abuse. Based on such
examination,
the Department |
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| shall
may provide necessary medical, education and |
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| rehabilitation
services, and shall
may arrange for further |
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| assessment and
referral of such persons to appropriate |
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| alcoholism or substance abuse services. Further assessment and |
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| referral of such persons by the Department to appropriate |
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| alcoholism or substance abuse services shall be made to |
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| providers who are able to accept the persons for referral and |
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| perform a further assessment within a clinically appropriate |
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| time.
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| The Department shall not deny treatment and care to any |
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| person subject
to admission to a facility under its control for |
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| treatment for a mental illness
or developmental disability |
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| solely on the basis of their alcoholism, drug
addiction or |
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| abuse of other substances.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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