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MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(405 ILCS 5/) Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

405 ILCS 5/4-210

    (405 ILCS 5/4-210) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-210)
    Sec. 4-210. Whenever a petition has been executed pursuant to Sections 4-401 or 4-501, and prior to the examination for the purpose of certification, the person conducting this examination shall inform the person being examined in a simple comprehensible manner: that he is entitled to consult with a relative, friend, or attorney before the examination and that an attorney will be appointed for him if he desires; that he will be evaluated to determine if he meets the standard for judicial or emergency admission; that he does not have to talk to the examiner; and that any statement made by him may be disclosed at a court hearing on the issue of whether he meets the standard for judicial admission. If the respondent is not so informed, the examiner shall not be permitted to testify at any subsequent court hearing concerning the respondent's admission.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

405 ILCS 5/4-211

    (405 ILCS 5/4-211)
    Sec. 4-211. Sex education for persons admitted to a developmental disability facility and receiving habilitation. In this Section, "healthy sexual practices" means a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality. A person admitted to a developmental disability facility and receiving habilitation shall have access to sex education, related resources, and treatment planning that supports his or her right to sexual health and healthy sexual practices and to be free from sexual exploitation and abuse. The person receiving habilitation shall be assessed:
        (1) on whether he or she has decision making capacity
    
to give consent to sexual activity; and
        (2) for developmentally appropriate sex education
    
materials and resources.
    As part of the assessments, consideration shall be given to medical, psychological, and psycho-social evaluations. The person's decision making capacity to consent to sexual activity and the developmentally appropriate sex education materials and resources shall be determined by the treatment team that includes the individual, professionals who have knowledge of the individual, and the individual's guardian, if appointed. Guardian decision making shall be made in accordance with the court order of appointment and the standards of decision making established by Section 11a-17 of the Probate Act of 1975. The Department shall approve course material in sex education. Course material and instruction in sex education shall:
        (A) be appropriate to the developmental disability of
    
the recipient;
        (B) present identity as a part of mature adulthood;
        (C) replicate evidence-based programs or
    
substantially incorporate elements of evidence-based programs;
        (D) place substantial emphasis on the prevention of
    
pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections and diseases and shall stress that abstinence is the ensured method of avoiding unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections and diseases, including HIV/AIDS;
        (E) include a discussion of the possible emotional
    
and psychological consequences of sexual intercourse and the consequences of unwanted pregnancy;
        (F) stress that sexually transmitted infections and
    
diseases are serious possible health hazards of unwanted pregnancy;
        (G) provide information on the use or effectiveness
    
of condoms in preventing pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted infections and diseases;
        (H) teach recipients to avoid behavior that could be
    
interpreted as unwanted sexual advances, and how to reject unwanted sexual advances; and
        (I) explain signs of possible dangers from potential
    
predators.
    The Department may not withhold approval of materials that otherwise meet the criteria specified in this Section on the basis that they include or refer to a religious or faith based perspective.
(Source: P.A. 101-506, eff. 1-1-20.)

405 ILCS 5/Ch. IV Art. III

 
    (405 ILCS 5/Ch. IV Art. III heading)
ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEMPORARY ADMISSION
OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

405 ILCS 5/4-300

    (405 ILCS 5/4-300) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-300)
    Sec. 4-300. (a) No person may be administratively admitted to any facility including Chester Mental Health Center, unless an adequate diagnostic evaluation of his current condition has been conducted to determine his suitability for admission. Prior to an administrative admission, the person may be admitted to a facility for not more than 14 days for such evaluation.
    (b) The evaluation shall include current psychological, physical, neurological, social, educational or vocational, and developmental evaluations. It shall be conducted under the supervision of qualified professionals including at least one physician and either one clinical psychologist or one clinical social worker. Any tests which require language familiarity shall be conducted in the person's primary language.
(Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)

405 ILCS 5/4-301

    (405 ILCS 5/4-301) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-301)
    Sec. 4-301. Report and recommendation.
    (a) A report of the evaluation results shall include a description of the person's disability and need for services, if any; a description of the methods of evaluation used; an evaluation of the ability of the family to meet the needs of the person and a recommendation as to the supportive services the family may need; a recommendation as to the least restrictive living arrangement appropriate for the person; and the names and positions of the persons who conducted the evaluations.
    (b) The report shall be signed by at least one clinical psychologist or clinical social worker and one physician who have personally examined the person to be admitted. If the report does not recommend admission to a residential facility or to the facility to which admission is sought, a written explanation of the reasons therefor shall be included. A summary of the report shall be given to the person who executed the application.
(Source: P.A. 87-530.)

405 ILCS 5/4-302

    (405 ILCS 5/4-302) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-302)
    Sec. 4-302. A person with a developmental disability may be administratively admitted to a facility upon application if the facility director of the facility determines that he is suitable for admission. A person 18 years of age or older, if he has the capacity, or his guardian, if he is authorized by the guardianship order of the Circuit Court, may execute an application for administrative admission. Application may be executed for a person under 18 years of age by his parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis.
(Source: P.A. 88-380.)

405 ILCS 5/4-303

    (405 ILCS 5/4-303) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-303)
    Sec. 4-303. (a) The application shall include the name and address of the person to be admitted; the name and address of his spouse, nearest adult relative, and guardian, or if none, friend; the name and address of the person executing the application and his relationship to the person to be admitted; and a short statement explaining the reason for the application.
    (b) The application form shall contain in large type and simple language the substance of Sections 4-302, 4-305, 4-306 and 4-700. The rights set forth in the application shall be explained to the person to be admitted if he is 12 or older and to the person who executed the application.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)

405 ILCS 5/4-304

    (405 ILCS 5/4-304) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-304)
    Sec. 4-304. A person may be admitted pursuant to the recommendation of the diagnostic report. At the time of admission, a clear written statement and oral explanation of the procedures for discharge, transfer and objection to admission shall be given to the person if he is 12 years of age or older and to the person who executed the application. Within 3 days of the admission, notice of the admission and an explanation of the objection procedure shall be sent or given to the persons specified in Section 4-206.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)

405 ILCS 5/4-305

    (405 ILCS 5/4-305) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-305)
    Sec. 4-305. (a) Any interested person on behalf of a client or a client himself if he is 12 years of age or older may object to an administrative, diagnostic or temporary admission under this Article. An objection may be made at any time following the admission, but once an objection has been heard, no subsequent objection may be made for 6 months without leave of the court.
    (b) An objection shall be submitted in writing to the facility director of the facility.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)

405 ILCS 5/4-306

    (405 ILCS 5/4-306) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-306)
    Sec. 4-306. (a) A client 18 years of age or over, who is not under guardianship, shall be allowed to be discharged from the facility at the earliest appropriate time, not to exceed 5 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after he submits a written objection to the facility director, unless he either withdraws the objection in writing or unless within the 5 day period a petition and certificate conforming to the requirements of Section 4-501 are filed with the court. Upon receipt of the petition, the court shall order a hearing to be held within 5 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and to be conducted pursuant to Article VI of this Chapter. Admission of the client may continue pending further order of the court. In all other objections to admission under this Article, paragraph (b) of this Section and Sections 4-307 and 4-308 shall apply.
    (b) Unless the objection is withdrawn in writing or the client is discharged, the facility director shall file a petition for review of the admission with the court within 5 days of submission of the objection, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as provided in Sections 4-307 and 4-308. The facility director shall also file the report of the client's diagnostic evaluation and current habilitation plan with the court.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)

405 ILCS 5/4-307

    (405 ILCS 5/4-307) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-307)
    Sec. 4-307. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall set a hearing to be held within 5 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The court shall direct that notice of the time and place of the hearing be served upon the client, his attorney, the objector, the person who executed the application, and the facility director of the facility. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to Article VI of this Chapter.
(Source: P.A. 86-820.)

405 ILCS 5/4-308

    (405 ILCS 5/4-308) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-308)
    Sec. 4-308. (a) If the court finds that the client is not a person with a developmental disability, that he is not in need of the services which are available at the facility, or that a less restrictive alternative is appropriate, it shall disapprove the admission and order the client discharged. If the client is in a Department facility and the court finds that he or she is a person with a developmental disability but that he is not in need of the services which are available at the facility or that a less restrictive alternative is appropriate, the court may order him transferred to a more appropriate Department facility. If the person who executed the application for admission objects to the transfer, the court shall order the client discharged.
    (b) Unless the court orders the discharge or transfer of the client, the facility may continue to provide the client with residential and habilitation services.
    (c) Unwillingness or inability of the client's parent, guardian or person in loco parentis to provide for his care or residence shall not be grounds for the court's refusing to order discharge. In that event, a petition may be filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or the Probate Act of 1975, approved August 7, 1975, as now or hereafter amended, to ensure that appropriate care and residence are provided.
(Source: P.A. 88-380.)

405 ILCS 5/4-309

    (405 ILCS 5/4-309) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-309)
    Sec. 4-309. Habilitation plan.
    (a) Within 14 days of admission, the facility shall prepare a written habilitation plan consistent with the client's diagnosis and needs. The Department shall fully implement habilitation plans. Every reasonable effort shall be made to involve the client and his family in the preparation and implementation of the plans.
    (b) The habilitation plan shall describe the habilitation goals; a projected timetable for their attainment; the services to be provided; the role of the family in the implementation of the plan; and the name of the person responsible for supervising the habilitation plan.
    (c) The habilitation plan shall be reviewed regularly, but at least once every calendar month, by the person responsible for its supervision. They shall be modified when necessary. The client and the persons specified in Section 4-206 shall be informed regularly of the client's progress.
(Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)

405 ILCS 5/4-309.1

    (405 ILCS 5/4-309.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-309.1)
    Sec. 4-309.1. Habilitation and incentives. In accordance with Departmental powers and duties, facilities may offer incentives, including cash, to residents in connection with their habilitation plan.
(Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)

405 ILCS 5/4-309.2

    (405 ILCS 5/4-309.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-309.2)
    Sec. 4-309.2. Habilitation; incentives; disbursements. The Department may advance monies from its appropriations to facility directors for disbursement to residents in accordance with Section 4-309.1. The facility directors may maintain these monies in a locally held account prior to disbursements.
(Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)

405 ILCS 5/4-310

    (405 ILCS 5/4-310) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-310)
    Sec. 4-310. At least once annually the client shall be evaluated to determine his need for continued residential services. If need for continued residence is indicated, the facility director of the facility shall consult with the person who made application for the admission and shall request authorization for continued residence of the client. The request and authorization shall be noted in the client's record.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)