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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2018)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    (d)  This Section is repealed on December 31, 2018.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.