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55 ILCS 5/5-25025
(55 ILCS 5/5-25025) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25025)
Sec. 5-25025. Mental health program. If the county board of any
county having a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and
maintaining a county health department under this Division
desires the inclusion of a mental health program in that county health
department and the authority to levy the tax provided for in subsection (c)
of this Section, the county board shall certify that question to the proper
election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in
accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in
substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall ...........County includea mental health program in the YEScounty health department, andlevy an annual tax of not to exceed -----------------------.05% of the value of all taxableproperty for use for mental healthpurposes by the county health NOdepartment?--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the electors voting at that election vote in favor of
the proposition, the county board may include the mental health program in
the county health department and may, annually, levy the additional tax for
mental health purposes. All mental health facilities provided shall be
available to all citizens of the county, but the county health board may
vary any charges for services according to ability to pay.
If the county is also subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, then the proposition shall also comply with the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, any referendum imposing an annual tax on or after January 1, 1994 and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly that complies with this Section is hereby validated. When the inclusion of a mental health program has been approved:
(a) To the extent practicable, at least one member of the County
Board of Health, under Section 5-25012, shall be a person certified by The
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology professionally engaged in the
field of mental health and licensed to practice medicine in the State,
unless there is no such qualified person in the county.
(b) The president or chairman of the county board of health shall
appoint a mental health advisory board composed of not less than 9 nor
more than 15 members who have special knowledge and interest in the
field of mental health. Initially, 1/3 of the board members shall be
appointed for terms of one year, 1/3 for 2 years and 1/3 for 3 years.
Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years. This advisory board shall
meet at least twice each year and provide counsel, direction and advice
to the county board of health in the field of mental health.
(c) The county board may levy, in excess of the statutory limit and
in addition to the taxes permitted under Sections 5-25003, 5-25004 and
5-25010, an additional annual tax of not more
than .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, of all taxable property within the county which tax shall be
levied and collected as provided in Section 5-25010 but held in
the County Health Fund of the county treasury for use for mental health
purposes. These funds may be used to provide care and treatment in public
and private mental health facilities.
(d) When a mental health program has been included in a county
health department pursuant to this Section, the county board may obtain
the authority to levy a tax for mental health purposes in addition to
the tax authorized by the preceding paragraphs of this Section but not
in excess of an additional .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed
by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the county by
following the procedure set out in Section 5-25003 except that the
proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall.... county levy, in excessof the statutory limit, an additional YESannual tax of not to exceed .05% for ----------------------use for mental health purposes by the NOcounty health department? -------------------------------------------------------------
If the majority of all the votes cast on the proposition in the
county is in favor thereof, the county board shall levy such tax
annually. The levy and collection of this tax shall be as
provided in Section 5-25010 but the tax shall be
held in the County Health Fund of the county treasury for use, with that
levied pursuant to paragraph (c), for mental health purposes.
(Source: P.A. 102-839, eff. 5-13-22.)
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