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Public Act 92-0159

SB434 Enrolled                                 LRB9203381RCcd

    AN ACT in relation to mental health.

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

    Section 5.  The Community Mental Health Act is amended by
adding Section 8.5 as follows:

    (405 ILCS 20/8.5 new)
    Sec. 8.5.  Pilot programs. From funds appropriated by the
General Assembly to the Department of Human Services for that
purpose,   the  Secretary of Human Services shall establish 3
pilot programs, one  in  a  municipality  of  over  2,000,000
inhabitants,   one  in  a  county  of  fewer  than  3,000,000
inhabitants that is contiguous to a county  of  3,000,000  or
more inhabitants, and one in a county of fewer than 3,000,000
inhabitants  that is not contiguous to a county  of 3,000,000
or  more  inhabitants,  to  provide  persons  who  have  been
released from jails and pretrial  detention  facilities  with
access to providers of mental health services.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 08, 2001.
    Approved July 25, 2001.

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