(20 ILCS 1705/63) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-63)

Sec. 63. Mental health pilot program.

(a) The Secretary is hereby authorized, from appropriations made available for purposes of this Section, to establish elderly mental health pilot programs with an emphasis on deterring homelessness, institutionalization, and premature death among elderly persons with mental illness. These shall be coordinated with other programs for the aged administered by the Department on Aging and area agencies on aging. The programs shall provide community-based mental health services including the following services provided on an in-home basis:

(1) Case management.

(2) Assessment.

(3) Counseling.

(4) Outreach.

(b) Additionally, other services may include, but are not limited to, any or all of the following:

(1) Outpatient assessment and diagnostic services.

(2) Outpatient counseling.

(3) Crisis intervention.

(4) Money management.

(5) Medication monitoring.

(6) Psychiatric services.

(c) The Department shall establish eligibility standards for these services taking into consideration the unique economic and social needs of the target population for whom they are to be provided. The target population identified for the purposes of this Act includes persons 60 years of age or older who:

(1) Are suffering an acute episode of mental illness.

(2) Are suffering from a mental disorder which has led or will lead to the need for long-term institutional care.

(3) Have undergone psychiatric treatment or intensive outpatient care more than once in a lifetime.

(4) Are exhibiting behavior that severely impacts on themselves or their environment and which may indicate the development of mental illness.

(d) The Department shall include a review of the progress of any model program under this Act in its annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)