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HB1815 Engrossed                     LRB093 04785 DRJ 04841 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to health.

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

 4        Section  5.  The Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill
 5    Persons Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (405 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1351)
 7        Sec. 1.  Purpose.  The Governor shall designate an agency
 8    to administer the protection and advocacy system for mentally
 9    ill persons, pursuant to the federal Protection and  Advocacy
10    of Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986.  The agency shall be
11    independent    of    any    agency    that   which   provides
12    disability-related services (other than  advocacy  services),
13    including   treatment,   rehabilitation,   guardianship,   or
14    habilitation.  The  agency  may  receive  and expend funds to
15    protect and advocate the rights of mentally ill persons.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-623.)