Public Act 097-1170
 
HB2105 EnrolledLRB097 06093 KTG 47273 b

    AN ACT concerning health.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by
changing Section 14 as follows:
 
    (405 ILCS 20/14)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2018)
    Sec. 14. Advisory committee.
    (a) No later than December 31, 2011, the county board
chairman in every county with a population of less than
3,000,000, or the township supervisor of a township located in
a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, shall appoint
a volunteer 7 member mental health advisory committee composed
of members of the general public, if no community mental health
board has been established in the county or township as
provided under Section 3a of this Act. This subsection shall
not apply to townships that currently monitor and address
mental health needs of township residents by providing or
funding provide mental health services available to
individuals and families, and that include the following:
psychiatric evaluation, therapy, crisis assessment and
intervention, and case management.
    (b) The mental health advisory committee shall identify and
assess current mental health services in its respective
jurisdiction, monitor any expansion or contraction of such
services, and, if deemed necessary, provide a report to the
county or township board with recommendations for additional
services.
    (c) The mental health advisory committee shall have no
taxing authority.
    (d) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2018.
(Source: P.A. 97-439, eff. 8-18-11.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.