103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2670

 

Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Rachel Ventura

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 20/3a  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 303a

    Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that in any county with a county executive form of government, if applicable, the county executive shall appoint the community mental health board with the advice and consent of the county board.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Community Mental Health Act is amended by
5changing Section 3a as follows:
 
6    (405 ILCS 20/3a)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 303a)
7    Sec. 3a. Every governmental unit authorized to levy an
8annual tax under any of the provisions of this Act shall,
9before it may levy such tax, establish a 7 member community
10mental health board who shall administer this Act. Such board
11shall be appointed by the chairman of the governing body of a
12county, the mayor of a city, the president of a village, the
13president of an incorporated town, or the supervisor of a
14township, as the case may be, with the advice and consent of
15the governing body of such county, city, village, incorporated
16town or the town board of trustees of any township, except in
17any county with a county executive form of government, if
18applicable, the county executive shall appoint the board with
19the advice and consent of the county board. Members of the
20community mental health board shall be residents of the
21government unit and, as nearly as possible, be representative
22of interested groups of the community such as local health
23departments, medical societies, local comprehensive health

 

 

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1planning agencies, hospital boards, lay associations concerned
2with mental health, developmental disabilities and substance
3abuse, as well as the general public. Only one member shall be
4a member of the governing body, with the term of membership on
5the board to run concurrently with the elected term of the
6member. The chairman of the governing body may, upon the
7request of the community mental health board, appoint 2
8additional members to the community mental health board. No
9member of the community mental health board may be a full-time
10or part-time employee of the Department of Human Services or a
11board member, employee or any other individual receiving
12compensation from any facility or service operating under
13contract to the board. If a successful referendum is held
14under Section 5 of this Act, all members of such board shall be
15appointed within 60 days after the local election authority
16certifies the passage of the referendum. If a community mental
17health board has been established by a county with a
18population of less than 500,000 and the community mental
19health board is funded in whole or in part by a special mental
20health sales tax described in paragraph (4) of subsection (a)
21of Section 5-1006.5 of the Counties Code, the largest
22municipality in the county with at least 125,000 residents may
23appoint 2 additional members to the board. The members shall
24be appointed by the mayor of the municipality with the advice
25and consent of the municipality's governing body.
26    Home rule units are exempt from this Act. However, they

 

 

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1may, by ordinance, adopt the provisions of this Act, or any
2portion thereof, that they may deem advisable.
3    The tax rate set forth in Section 4 may be levied by any
4non-home rule unit only pursuant to the approval by the voters
5at a referendum. Such referendum may have been held at any time
6subsequent to the effective date of the Community Mental
7Health Act.
8(Source: P.A. 103-274, eff. 1-1-24; 103-565, eff. 11-17-23.)