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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4936 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that notwithstanding any State licensing law to the contrary, the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules, which shall be implemented within 6 months after the effective date of the bill, that would allow a person who has completed a psychiatric training program certification from any branch of the United States Armed Forces with at least one year of experience in a mental health setting to be recognized as a mental health professional for purposes of programs authorized or funded by the Department under the standards of practice and under the direction of a licensed mental health professional as authorized by the Department. Defines "licensed mental health professional".
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| | HB4936 | | LRB100 18558 RLC 33777 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 5.2 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/5.2 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 5.2. Mental health professional; Armed Forces |
| 9 | | training. Notwithstanding any State licensing law to the |
| 10 | | contrary, the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules, |
| 11 | | which shall be implemented within 6 months after the effective |
| 12 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, that |
| 13 | | would allow a person who has completed a psychiatric training |
| 14 | | program certification from any branch of the United States |
| 15 | | Armed Forces with at least one year of experience in a mental |
| 16 | | health setting to be recognized as a mental health professional |
| 17 | | for purposes of programs authorized or funded by the Department |
| 18 | | under the standards of practice and under the direction of a |
| 19 | | licensed mental health professional as authorized by the |
| 20 | | Department. In this Section, "licensed mental health |
| 21 | | professional" means a person who is licensed or registered to |
| 22 | | provide mental health services by the Department of Financial |
| 23 | | and Professional Regulation or a board of registration duly |