98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5479

 

Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Meier

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/4-710 new

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall develop a monitoring program for any client that is discharged from a developmental disability facility under the Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Procedures for the Developmentally Disabled Chapter of the Code to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the program shall include weekly face-to-face visits for the first 8 weeks after discharge with an employee of the Department and monthly face-to-face visits after the first 8 weeks with an employee of the Department for one year after discharge.


LRB098 18084 RLC 53213 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5479LRB098 18084 RLC 53213 b

1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 4-710 as
6follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/4-710 new)
8    Sec. 4-710. Department monitoring program. The Department
9shall develop a monitoring program for any client that is
10discharged from a developmental disability facility under this
11Chapter to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated
12Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. The
13program shall include weekly face-to-face visits with an
14employee of the Department for the first 8 weeks after
15discharge and monthly face-to-face visits with an employee of
16the Department after the first 8 weeks for one year after
17discharge.