102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0639

 

Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1705/4  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that to provide for the safety of mental health care patients and staff members, no fewer than 2 registered nurses and no fewer than 2 mental health technicians shall be assigned to any unit at any time in the following State-operated hospitals: (1) the Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton; (2) the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago; (3) the Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, at Anna; (4) the Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin; (5) the John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Chicago; and (6) the Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center, at Springfield. Provides that if a registered nurse or mental health technician is assigned to 2 or more units, the calculation of the number of registered nurses or mental health technicians who are assigned to a unit shall be calculated for each registered nurse or mental health technician as one divided by the number of units to which the registered nurse or mental health technician is assigned. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
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 Administrative Act is amended by changing Section
64 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 1705/4)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4)
8    Sec. 4. Supervision of facilities and services; quarterly
9reports.
10    (a) To exercise executive and administrative supervision
11over all facilities, divisions, programs and services now
12existing or hereafter acquired or created under the
13jurisdiction of the Department, including, but not limited to,
14the following:
15        The Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton
16        The Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental
17    Center, at Anna
18        The Chester Mental Health Center, at Chester
19        The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago
20        The Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin
21        The Metropolitan Children and Adolescents Center, at
22    Chicago
23        The Jacksonville Developmental Center, at Jacksonville

 

 

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1        The Governor Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center,
2    at Kankakee
3        The Tinley Park Mental Health Center, at Tinley Park
4        The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center, at
5    Centralia
6        The Jack Mabley Developmental Center, at Dixon
7        The Lincoln Developmental Center, at Lincoln
8        The H. Douglas Singer Mental Health and Developmental
9    Center, at Rockford
10        The John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Chicago
11        The George A. Zeller Mental Health Center, at Peoria
12        The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center, at
13    Springfield
14        The Adolf Meyer Mental Health Center, at Decatur
15        The William W. Fox Developmental Center, at Dwight
16        The Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center, at Park
17    Forest
18        The William A. Howe Developmental Center, at Tinley
19    Park
20        The Ann M. Kiley Developmental Center, at Waukegan.
21    (b) Beginning not later than July 1, 1977, the Department
22shall cause each of the facilities under its jurisdiction
23which provide in-patient care to comply with standards, rules
24and regulations of the Department of Public Health prescribed
25under Section 6.05 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
26    (b-5) The Department shall cause each of the facilities

 

 

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1under its jurisdiction that provide in-patient care to comply
2with Section 6.25 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
3    (c) The Department shall issue quarterly electronic
4reports to the General Assembly on admissions, deflections,
5discharges, bed closures, staff-resident ratios, census,
6average length of stay, and any adverse federal certification
7or accreditation findings, if any, for each State-operated
8facility for the mentally ill and for persons with
9developmental disabilities. The quarterly reports shall be
10issued by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each
11year. The quarterly reports shall include the following
12information for each facility reflecting the period ending 15
13days prior to the submission of the report:
14        (1) the number of employees;
15        (2) the number of workplace violence incidents that
16    occurred, including the number that were a direct assault
17    on employees by residents and the number that resulted
18    from staff intervention in a resident altercation or other
19    form of injurious behavior;
20        (3) the number of employees impacted in each incident;
21    and
22        (4) the number of employee injuries resulting,
23    descriptions of the nature of the injuries, the number of
24    employee injuries requiring medical treatment at the
25    facility, the number of employee injuries requiring
26    outside medical treatment, and the number of days off work

 

 

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1    per injury.
2    (d) The requirements in subsection (c) do not relieve the
3Department from the recordkeeping requirements of the
4Occupational Safety and Health Act.
5    (e) The Department shall:
6        (1) establish a reasonable procedure for employees to
7    report work-related assaults and injuries. A procedure is
8    not reasonable if it would deter or discourage a
9    reasonable employee from accurately reporting a workplace
10    assault or injury;
11        (2) inform each employee:
12            (A) of the procedure for reporting work-related
13        assaults and injuries;
14            (B) of the right to report work-related assaults
15        and injuries; and
16            (C) that the Department is prohibited from
17        discharging or in any manner discriminating against
18        employees for reporting work-related assaults and
19        injuries; and
20        (3) not discharge, discipline, or in any manner
21    discriminate against any employee for reporting a
22    work-related assault or injury.
23    (f) To provide for the safety of mental health care
24patients and staff members, no fewer than 2 registered nurses
25and no fewer than 2 mental health technicians shall be
26assigned to any unit at any time in the following

 

 

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1State-operated hospitals:
2        (1) The Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton.
3        (2) The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago.
4        (3) The Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and
5    Developmental Center, at Anna.
6        (4) The Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin.
7        (5) The John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at
8    Chicago.
9        (6) The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center, at
10    Springfield.
11    In this subsection (f), if a registered nurse or mental
12health technician is assigned to 2 or more units, the
13calculation of the number of registered nurses or mental
14health technicians who are assigned to a unit shall be
15calculated for each registered nurse or mental health
16technician as one divided by the number of units to which the
17registered nurse or mental health technician is assigned.
18(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-1075, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.