SB1837 EnrolledLRB097 07130 RLC 50219 b

1    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health Court Treatment Act is amended
5by adding Section 40 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 168/40 new)
7    Sec. 40. Mental health court; Kane County.
8    (a) The mental health court currently operating in Kane
9County is directed to demonstrate the impact of alternative
10treatment court, crisis intervention training for first
11responders, and assisted outpatient treatment in reducing the
12number of mentally ill people admitted into the correctional
13system. The mental health court in Kane County is authorized to
14cooperate with one or more accredited mental health service
15providers to provide services to defendants as directed by the
16mental health court. The mental health court in Kane County is
17authorized to cooperate with one or more institutions of higher
18education to publish peer-reviewed studies of the outcomes
19generated by the mental health court.
20    (b) In this Section, "accredited mental health service
21provider" refers to a provider of community mental health
22services as authorized by subsection (d-5) of Section 3 of the
23Community Services Act.