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 1        AN  ACT  regarding abused and neglected residents of long
 2    term care facilities.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section   5.   The  Abused  and  Neglected Long Term Care
 6    Facility Residents  Reporting  Act  is  amended  by  changing
 7    Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, and 6.8 as follows:

 8        (210 ILCS 30/6.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.2)
 9        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2002)
10        Sec. 6.2.  Inspector General.
11        (a)  The  Governor  shall  appoint,  and the Senate shall
12    confirm, an Inspector General who shall function  within  the
13    Department  of  Human Services and report to the Secretary of
14    Human Services and the Governor.  The Inspector General shall
15    investigate reports of suspected abuse or neglect  (as  those
16    terms  are  defined  in Section 3 of this Act) of patients or
17    residents in any mental health or developmental  disabilities
18    facility  operated  by  the  Department of Human Services and
19    shall have authority to investigate and take immediate action
20    on  reports  of  abuse  or  neglect  of  recipients,  whether
21    patients or residents, in any mental health or  developmental
22    disabilities   facility   or  program  that  is  licensed  or
23    certified by the Department of Human Services  (as  successor
24    to   the   Department  of  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
25    Disabilities) or that is funded by the  Department  of  Human
26    Services (as successor to the Department of Mental Health and
27    Developmental  Disabilities) and is not licensed or certified
28    by any agency of the State.  At the specific, written request
29    of an agency of the State other than the Department of  Human
30    Services (as successor to the Department of Mental Health and
31    Developmental   Disabilities),   the  Inspector  General  may
 
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 1    cooperate in investigating reports of abuse  and  neglect  of
 2    persons  with  mental  illness  or persons with developmental
 3    disabilities.   The   Inspector   General   shall   have   no
 4    supervision  over  or  involvement  in routine, programmatic,
 5    licensure, or certification operations of the  Department  of
 6    Human Services or any of its funded agencies.
 7        The Inspector General shall promulgate rules establishing
 8    minimum  requirements  for reporting allegations of abuse and
 9    neglect   and   initiating,   conducting,   and    completing
10    investigations.   The  promulgated  rules  shall  clearly set
11    forth that in instances where 2 or more State agencies  could
12    investigate  an allegation of abuse or neglect, the Inspector
13    General shall not conduct an investigation that is  redundant
14    to  an  investigation conducted by another State agency.  The
15    rules shall establish criteria for  determining,  based  upon
16    the  nature  of  the  allegation,  the  appropriate method of
17    investigation, which may include, but need not be limited to,
18    site visits, telephone  contacts,  or  requests  for  written
19    responses  from  agencies.   The rules shall also clarify how
20    the Office of the Inspector General shall interact  with  the
21    licensing  unit  of  the  Department  of  Human  Services  in
22    investigations  of  allegations  of  abuse  or  neglect.  Any
23    allegations or investigations of  reports  made  pursuant  to
24    this  Act  shall  remain confidential until a final report is
25    completed. The resident or patient who allegedly  was  abused
26    or  neglected and his or her legal guardian shall be informed
27    by the facility or agency of the report of alleged  abuse  or
28    neglect. Final reports regarding unsubstantiated or unfounded
29    allegations  shall  remain  confidential,  except  that final
30    reports may be disclosed pursuant to Section 6 of this Act.
31        The Inspector General shall be appointed for a term of  4
32    years.
33        (b)  The  Inspector  General  shall within 24 hours after
34    receiving a report of suspected abuse  or  neglect  determine
 
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 1    whether the evidence indicates that any possible criminal act
 2    has been committed. If he determines that a possible criminal
 3    act has been committed, or that special expertise is required
 4    in   the  investigation,  he  shall  immediately  notify  the
 5    Department of State Police.  The Department of  State  Police
 6    shall  investigate  any  report indicating a possible murder,
 7    rape, or other felony. All investigations  conducted  by  the
 8    Inspector  General shall be conducted in a manner designed to
 9    ensure the preservation of evidence for  possible  use  in  a
10    criminal prosecution.
11        (b-5)  The  Inspector  General shall make a determination
12    to accept or reject a preliminary report of the investigation
13    of  alleged   abuse   or   neglect   based   on   established
14    investigative procedures.  The facility or agency may request
15    clarification   or   reconsideration   based   on  additional
16    information.  For cases where  the  allegation  of  abuse  or
17    neglect is substantiated, the Inspector General shall require
18    the  facility  or  agency  to submit a written response.  The
19    written response from a facility or agency shall address in a
20    concise and reasoned manner the actions that  the  agency  or
21    facility  will  take  or has taken to protect the resident or
22    patient from abuse or  neglect,  prevent  reoccurrences,  and
23    eliminate    problems    identified    and    shall   include
24    implementation and completion dates for all such action.
25        (c)  The Inspector General shall, within 10 calendar days
26    after the transmittal date of a completed investigation where
27    abuse or neglect is substantiated or administrative action is
28    recommended, provide a complete report on  the  case  to  the
29    Secretary  of  Human  Services and to the agency in which the
30    abuse or neglect is alleged to have  happened.  The  complete
31    report  shall  include  a written response from the agency or
32    facility operated by the State to the Inspector General  that
33    addresses  in  a concise and reasoned manner the actions that
34    the agency or facility will take or has taken to protect  the
 
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 1    resident   or   patient   from   abuse  or  neglect,  prevent
 2    reoccurrences, and eliminate problems  identified  and  shall
 3    include  implementation  and  completion  dates  for all such
 4    action.  The Secretary of  Human  Services  shall  accept  or
 5    reject  the    response and establish how the Department will
 6    determine  whether  the  facility  or  program  followed  the
 7    approved response.   The  Secretary  may  require  Department
 8    personnel  to  visit  the  facility  or  agency for training,
 9    technical    assistance,    programmatic,    licensure,    or
10    certification  purposes.   Administrative  action,  including
11    sanctions, may be applied should  the  Secretary  reject  the
12    response  or should the facility or agency fail to follow the
13    approved response.  The facility or agency shall  inform  the
14    resident  or  patient  and  the  legal  guardian  whether the
15    reported allegation was  substantiated,  unsubstantiated,  or
16    unfounded.   There shall be an appeals process for any person
17    or  agency  that  is  subject  to  any  action  based  on   a
18    recommendation or recommendations.
19        (d)  The   Inspector   General   may   recommend  to  the
20    Departments of Public Health and Human Services sanctions  to
21    be   imposed   against   mental   health   and  developmental
22    disabilities  facilities  under  the  jurisdiction   of   the
23    Department of Human Services for the protection of residents,
24    including  appointment  of  on-site  monitors  or  receivers,
25    transfer  or  relocation  of residents, and closure of units.
26    The Inspector General may seek the assistance of the Attorney
27    General or any of the several State's attorneys  in  imposing
28    such sanctions.
29        (e)  The  Inspector  General  shall establish and conduct
30    periodic   training   programs   for   Department   employees
31    concerning the prevention and reporting of neglect and abuse.
32        (f)  The Inspector General shall at all times be  granted
33    access  to  any  mental  health or developmental disabilities
34    facility operated by  the  Department,  shall  establish  and
 
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 1    conduct  unannounced site visits to those facilities at least
 2    once annually, and shall be granted access, for  the  purpose
 3    of  investigating  a  report  of  abuse  or  neglect,  to any
 4    facility or program funded by the Department that is  subject
 5    under  the provisions of this Section to investigation by the
 6    Inspector General for a report of abuse or neglect.
 7        (g)  Nothing in this Section shall  limit  investigations
 8    by  the  Department  of  Human Services that may otherwise be
 9    required by law or that may be necessary in that Department's
10    capacity as the central administrative authority  responsible
11    for  the  operation  of State mental health and developmental
12    disability facilities.
13        (h)  (Blank) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2002.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-252, eff.  7-29-97;  90-512,  eff.  8-22-97;
15    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-169, eff. 7-16-99.)

16        (210 ILCS 30/6.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.3)
17        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2002)
18        Sec.  6.3.  Quality Care Board.  There is created, within
19    the Department of Human Services'  Office  of  the  Inspector
20    General,  a  Quality  Care  Board to be composed of 7 members
21    appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of  the
22    Senate.   One  of the members shall be designated as chairman
23    by the Governor.  Of the initial  appointments  made  by  the
24    Governor,  4 Board members shall each be appointed for a term
25    of 4 years and 3 members shall each be appointed for  a  term
26    of  2  years.   Upon  the expiration of each member's term, a
27    successor shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.   In  the
28    case  of  a vacancy in the office of any member, the Governor
29    shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the  unexpired
30    term.
31        Members  appointed  by the Governor shall be qualified by
32    professional knowledge or experience  in  the  area  of  law,
33    investigatory  techniques,  or  in  the  area  of care of the
 
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 1    mentally  ill  or  developmentally  disabled.   Two   members
 2    appointed  by the Governor shall be persons with a disability
 3    or a parent of a person with  a  disability.   Members  shall
 4    serve  without  compensation,  but  shall  be  reimbursed for
 5    expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their
 6    duties as members.
 7        The Board  shall  meet  quarterly,  and  may  hold  other
 8    meetings  on  the  call  of the chairman.  Four members shall
 9    constitute  a  quorum.   The  Board  may  adopt   rules   and
10    regulations it deems necessary to govern its own procedures.
11        This Section is repealed on January 1, 2002.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-169, eff. 7-16-99.)

13        (210 ILCS 30/6.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.4)
14        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2002)
15        Sec.  6.4.  Scope and function of the Quality Care Board.
16    The Board shall monitor and oversee the operations, policies,
17    and procedures of the Inspector General to assure the  prompt
18    and  thorough  investigation  of  allegations  of neglect and
19    abuse.  In fulfilling these responsibilities, the  Board  may
20    do the following:
21             (1)  Provide independent, expert consultation to the
22        Inspector   General   on   policies   and  protocols  for
23        investigations of alleged neglect and abuse.
24             (2)  Review existing  regulations  relating  to  the
25        operation   of   facilities  under  the  control  of  the
26        Department.
27             (3)  Advise the Inspector General as to the  content
28        of training activities authorized under Section 6.2.
29             (4)  Recommend   policies   concerning  methods  for
30        improving the intergovernmental relationships between the
31        office of  the  Inspector  General  and  other  State  or
32        federal agencies.
33        This Section is repealed on January 1, 2002.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-169, eff. 7-16-99.)

 2        (210 ILCS 30/6.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.5)
 3        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2002)
 4        Sec.  6.5.  Investigators.   Within  60  days  after  the
 5    effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1992, the Inspector
 6    General shall establish a  comprehensive  program  to  ensure
 7    that   every  person  employed  or  newly  hired  to  conduct
 8    investigations shall receive training on  an  on-going  basis
 9    concerning  investigative  techniques,  communication skills,
10    and the appropriate means of contact with persons admitted or
11    committed to the mental health or developmental  disabilities
12    facilities  under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human
13    Services.
14        This Section is repealed on January 1, 2002.
15    (Source: P.A. 91-169, eff. 7-16-99.)

16        (210 ILCS 30/6.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.6)
17        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2002)
18        Sec. 6.6.  Subpoenas; testimony; penalty.  The  Inspector
19    General shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and compel
20    the   production   of   books  and  papers  pertinent  to  an
21    investigation authorized by this Act, provided that the power
22    to subpoena or to compel the production of books  and  papers
23    shall  not  extend  to  the  person  or  documents of a labor
24    organization or its representatives insofar as the person  or
25    documents  of  a labor organization relate to the function of
26    representing an employee subject to investigation under  this
27    Act.  Mental health records of patients shall be confidential
28    as   provided  under  the  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
29    Disabilities Confidentiality Act.  Any person  who  fails  to
30    appear in response to a subpoena or to answer any question or
31    produce  any  books  or  papers pertinent to an investigation
32    under this Act, except as otherwise provided in this Section,
 
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 1    or who knowingly gives false  testimony  in  relation  to  an
 2    investigation   under  this  Act  is  guilty  of  a  Class  A
 3    misdemeanor.
 4        This Section is repealed on January 1, 2002.
 5    (Source: P.A. 91-169, eff. 7-16-99.)

 6        (210 ILCS 30/6.7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.7)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2002)
 8        Sec. 6.7.  Annual report.  The  Inspector  General  shall
 9    provide  to  the  General Assembly and the Governor, no later
10    than January 1  of  each  year,  a  summary  of  reports  and
11    investigations  made under this Act for the prior fiscal year
12    with  respect  to  residents  of   institutions   under   the
13    jurisdiction  of the Department.  The report shall detail the
14    imposition of sanctions and the final  disposition  of  those
15    recommendations.    The   summaries  shall  not  contain  any
16    confidential  or  identifying  information   concerning   the
17    subjects of the reports and investigations.  The report shall
18    also  include  a  trend  analysis  of  the number of reported
19    allegations and their  disposition,  for  each  facility  and
20    Department-wide, for the most recent 3-year time period and a
21    statement,  for  each  facility,  of  the staffing-to-patient
22    ratios.  The ratios shall include only the number  of  direct
23    care   staff.    The   report  shall  also  include  detailed
24    recommended   administrative   actions   and   matters    for
25    consideration by the General Assembly.
26        This Section is repealed on January 1, 2002.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-169, eff. 7-16-99.)

28        (210 ILCS 30/6.8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.8)
29        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2002)
30        Sec.  6.8.  Program  audit.   The  Auditor  General shall
31    conduct a  biennial  program  audit  of  the  office  of  the
32    Inspector  General  in  relation  to  the Inspector General's
 
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 1    compliance with  this  Act.   The  audit  shall  specifically
 2    include    the    Inspector    General's   effectiveness   in
 3    investigating  reports  of  alleged  neglect  or   abuse   of
 4    residents  in  any facility operated by the Department and in
 5    making recommendations for sanctions to  the  Departments  of
 6    Human  Services and Public Health.  The Auditor General shall
 7    conduct the program audit according to the provisions of  the
 8    Illinois  State Auditing Act and shall report its findings to
 9    the  General  Assembly  no  later  than  January  1  of  each
10    odd-numbered year.
11        This Section is repealed on January 1, 2002.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-169, eff. 7-16-99.).

13        Section   10.   The  Mental  Health   and   Developmental
14    Disabilities  Confidentiality  Act  is  amended  by  changing
15    Section 10 as follows:

16        (740 ILCS 110/10) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 810)
17        Sec.  10.   (a)  Except as provided herein, in any civil,
18    criminal, administrative, or legislative  proceeding,  or  in
19    any  proceeding  preliminary  thereto,  a  recipient,  and  a
20    therapist  on  behalf and in the interest of a recipient, has
21    the privilege to  refuse  to  disclose  and  to  prevent  the
22    disclosure of the recipient's record or communications.
23             (1)  Records  and communications may be disclosed in
24        a civil, criminal or administrative proceeding  in  which
25        the  recipient  introduces  his  mental  condition or any
26        aspect of his services received for such condition as  an
27        element  of  his  claim  or  defense,  if and only to the
28        extent the court  in  which  the  proceedings  have  been
29        brought, or, in the case of an administrative proceeding,
30        the  court  to which an appeal or other action for review
31        of an administrative determination may be  taken,  finds,
32        after   in  camera  examination  of  testimony  or  other
 
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 1        evidence, that it  is  relevant,  probative,  not  unduly
 2        prejudicial   or   inflammatory,  and  otherwise  clearly
 3        admissible;   that   other   satisfactory   evidence   is
 4        demonstrably unsatisfactory  as  evidence  of  the  facts
 5        sought  to  be  established  by  such  evidence; and that
 6        disclosure  is  more  important  to  the   interests   of
 7        substantial  justice  than  protection from injury to the
 8        therapist-recipient relationship or to the  recipient  or
 9        other  whom  disclosure  is  likely to harm.  Except in a
10        criminal  proceeding  in  which  the  recipient,  who  is
11        accused  in  that  proceeding,  raises  the  defense   of
12        insanity,  no record or communication between a therapist
13        and a recipient shall be deemed relevant for purposes  of
14        this  subsection,  except the fact of treatment, the cost
15        of services and the ultimate diagnosis unless  the  party
16        seeking   disclosure   of   the   communication   clearly
17        establishes  in the trial court a compelling need for its
18        production.  However, for purposes of this  Act,  in  any
19        action  brought  or  defended under the Illinois Marriage
20        and Dissolution of Marriage Act,  or  in  any  action  in
21        which  pain  and  suffering  is  an element of the claim,
22        mental condition shall not be  deemed  to  be  introduced
23        merely  by  making  such  claim and shall be deemed to be
24        introduced only if the recipient  or  a  witness  on  his
25        behalf   first   testifies   concerning   the  record  or
26        communication.
27             (2)  Records or communications may be disclosed in a
28        civil proceeding after the  recipient's  death  when  the
29        recipient's   physical   or  mental  condition  has  been
30        introduced as an element of a claim  or  defense  by  any
31        party  claiming  or defending through or as a beneficiary
32        of the recipient, provided  the  court  finds,  after  in
33        camera  examination of the evidence, that it is relevant,
34        probative, and otherwise clearly admissible;  that  other
 
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 1        satisfactory  evidence  is  not  available  regarding the
 2        facts sought to be established by such evidence; and that
 3        disclosure  is  more  important  to  the   interests   of
 4        substantial justice than protection from any injury which
 5        disclosure is likely to cause.
 6             (3)  In the event of a claim made or an action filed
 7        by  a  recipient, or, following the recipient's death, by
 8        any party claiming as a beneficiary of the recipient  for
 9        injury caused in the course of providing services to such
10        recipient,  the therapist and other persons whose actions
11        are alleged to have been the cause of injury may disclose
12        pertinent records and communications to  an  attorney  or
13        attorneys  engaged  to render advice about and to provide
14        representation in connection  with  such  matter  and  to
15        persons working under the supervision of such attorney or
16        attorneys,   and  may  testify  as  to  such  records  or
17        communication  in   any   administrative,   judicial   or
18        discovery  proceeding  for  the  purpose of preparing and
19        presenting a defense against such claim or action.
20             (4)  Records and communications  made  to  or  by  a
21        therapist in the course of examination ordered by a court
22        for  good  cause  shown  may,  if  otherwise relevant and
23        admissible,  be  disclosed  in  a  civil,  criminal,   or
24        administrative  proceeding  in  which  the recipient is a
25        party or in appropriate  pretrial  proceedings,  provided
26        such  court  has  found  that  the  recipient has been as
27        adequately and as effectively as possible informed before
28        submitting to such  examination  that  such  records  and
29        communications  would  not  be considered confidential or
30        privileged.  Such records  and  communications  shall  be
31        admissible  only  as  to issues involving the recipient's
32        physical or mental condition and only to the extent  that
33        these are germane to such proceedings.
34             (5)  Records  and communications may be disclosed in
 
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 1        a proceeding under the Probate Act of 1975, to  determine
 2        a   recipient's  competency  or  need  for  guardianship,
 3        provided that the disclosure is made only with respect to
 4        that issue.
 5             (6)  Records and  communications  may  be  disclosed
 6        when  such  are made during treatment which the recipient
 7        is ordered to undergo to render him fit to stand trial on
 8        a criminal charge, provided that the disclosure  is  made
 9        only with respect to the issue of fitness to stand trial.
10             (7)  Records and communications of the recipient may
11        be  disclosed  in  any civil or administrative proceeding
12        involving the validity  of  or  benefits  under  a  life,
13        accident,   health  or  disability  insurance  policy  or
14        certificate,  or  Health  Care  Service  Plan   Contract,
15        insuring  the  recipient,  but  only if and to the extent
16        that the recipient's mental condition,  or  treatment  or
17        services  in  connection therewith, is a material element
18        of any claim or  defense  of  any  party,  provided  that
19        information  sought or disclosed shall not be redisclosed
20        except  in  connection  with  the  proceeding  in   which
21        disclosure is made.
22             (8)  Records or communications may be disclosed when
23        such  are  relevant  to  a  matter in issue in any action
24        brought  under  this  Act  and  proceedings   preliminary
25        thereto, provided that any information so disclosed shall
26        not  be utilized for any other purpose nor be redisclosed
27        except in connection  with  such  action  or  preliminary
28        proceedings.
29             (9)  Records and communications of the recipient may
30        be disclosed in investigations of and trials for homicide
31        when  the  disclosure  relates  directly  to  the fact or
32        immediate circumstances of the homicide.
33             (10)  Records  and  communications  of  a   deceased
34        recipient  may  be  disclosed  to  a coroner conducting a
 
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 1        preliminary  investigation  into  the  recipient's  death
 2        under Section 3-3013  of  the  Counties  Code.   However,
 3        records  and  communications  of  the  deceased recipient
 4        disclosed in an investigation shall be limited solely  to
 5        the   deceased  recipient's  records  and  communications
 6        relating to the factual  circumstances  of  the  incident
 7        being investigated in a mental health facility.
 8             (11)  Records  and  communications  of  a  recipient
 9        shall  be  disclosed  in a proceeding where a petition or
10        motion is filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987  and
11        the  recipient  is  named as a parent, guardian, or legal
12        custodian of a minor who is the subject of a petition for
13        wardship as described in Section 2-3 of  that  Act  or  a
14        minor  who  is  the subject of a petition for wardship as
15        described in Section 2-4 of that Act alleging  the  minor
16        is  abused,  neglected,  or dependent or the recipient is
17        named as a parent of a child who  is  the  subject  of  a
18        petition,  supplemental  petition, or motion to appoint a
19        guardian with the power  to  consent  to  adoption  under
20        Section 2-29 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
21        (b)  Before  a  disclosure  is made under subsection (a),
22    any party to the proceeding or any  other  interested  person
23    may   request   an   in   camera  review  of  the  record  or
24    communications  to  be  disclosed.   The  court   or   agency
25    conducting the proceeding may hold an in camera review on its
26    own  motion.    When,  contrary  to  the  express wish of the
27    recipient, the therapist asserts a privilege on behalf and in
28    the interest of a recipient, the court may require  that  the
29    therapist, in an in camera hearing, establish that disclosure
30    is  not  in the best interest of the recipient.  The court or
31    agency may prevent disclosure  or  limit  disclosure  to  the
32    extent  that  other  admissible  evidence  is  sufficient  to
33    establish  the facts in issue.  The court or agency may enter
34    such orders as may be  necessary  in  order  to  protect  the
 
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 1    confidentiality,  privacy,  and safety of the recipient or of
 2    other persons.  Any order to  disclose  or  to  not  disclose
 3    shall  be considered a final order for purposes of appeal and
 4    shall be subject to interlocutory appeal.
 5        (c)  A recipient's  records  and  communications  may  be
 6    disclosed  to  a  duly  authorized  committee,  commission or
 7    subcommittee of the General Assembly which possesses subpoena
 8    and hearing powers, upon a  written  request  approved  by  a
 9    majority  vote  of  the committee, commission or subcommittee
10    members.   The  committee,  commission  or  subcommittee  may
11    request records only for the  purposes  of  investigating  or
12    studying   possible  violations  of  recipient  rights.   The
13    request shall state  the  purpose  for  which  disclosure  is
14    sought.
15        The facility shall notify the recipient, or his guardian,
16    and therapist in writing of any disclosure request under this
17    subsection  within  5 business days after such request.  Such
18    notification shall also inform the  recipient,  or  guardian,
19    and  therapist  of  their  right  to object to the disclosure
20    within 10 business days after receipt of the notification and
21    shall include the name, address and telephone number  of  the
22    committee,  commission or subcommittee member or staff person
23    with whom an objection shall be filed.  If no  objection  has
24    been  filed  within  15  business  days after the request for
25    disclosure, the  facility  shall  disclose  the  records  and
26    communications  to the committee, commission or subcommittee.
27    If an objection has been filed within 15 business days  after
28    the  request  for disclosure, the facility shall disclose the
29    records  and  communications  only   after   the   committee,
30    commission  or  subcommittee  has  permitted  the  recipient,
31    guardian  or  therapist  to  present  his objection in person
32    before it and has renewed its request  for  disclosure  by  a
33    majority vote of its members.
34        Disclosure  under  this  subsection shall not occur until
 
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 1    all  personally  identifiable  data  of  the  recipient   and
 2    provider  are  removed  from  the records and communications.
 3    Disclosure under this  subsection  shall  not  occur  in  any
 4    public proceeding.
 5        (d)  No   party   to   any   proceeding  described  under
 6    paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (7), or (8) of subsection  (a)
 7    of  this  Section,  nor  his  or  her attorney, shall serve a
 8    subpoena   seeking   to   obtain   access   to   records   or
 9    communications  under  this  Act  unless  the   subpoena   is
10    accompanied by a written order issued by a judge, authorizing
11    the  disclosure  of  the  records  or  the  issuance  of  the
12    subpoena.  No person shall comply with a subpoena for records
13    or communications under this  Act,  unless  the  subpoena  is
14    accompanied  by  a  written order authorizing the issuance of
15    the subpoena or the disclosure of the records.
16        (e)  When a  person  has  been  transported  by  a  peace
17    officer to a mental health facility, then upon the request of
18    a peace officer, if the person is allowed to leave the mental
19    health   facility  within  48  hours  of  arrival,  excluding
20    Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the facility director shall
21    notify the local  law  enforcement  authority  prior  to  the
22    release  of  the person.  The local law enforcement authority
23    may re-disclose the information as  necessary  to  alert  the
24    appropriate enforcement or prosecuting authority.
25        (f)  A  recipient's  records  and communications shall be
26    disclosed to the Inspector General of the Department of Human
27    Services  within  10  business  days  of  a  request  by  the
28    Inspector  General  in  the  course   of   an   investigation
29    authorized  by  the  Abused  and  Neglected  Long  Term  Care
30    Facility  Residents  Reporting  Act and applicable rule.  The
31    request shall be in  writing  and  signed  by  the  Inspector
32    General  or his or her designee.  The request shall state the
33    purpose for which  disclosure  is  sought.   Any  person  who
34    knowingly and willfully refuses to comply with such a request
 
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 1    is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-608, eff. 6-30-98; 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)

 3        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 4    becoming law.

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