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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4895 Introduced , by Rep. Michael Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2018, and quarterly thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall submit to the General Assembly a
written report providing, at minimum, for each State-operated mental health center and State-operated developmental
center: (1) the number of employees; (2) the number of patient or resident initiated workplace violence incidents which
occurred, including the number which were a direct assault on staff and the number which were a violent incident to
which staff responded; (3) the number of employees impacted in each incident; and (4) the rate of workplace violence that
quarter expressed as total number of employees impacted to total number of employees. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4895 | | LRB100 19642 RLC 34915 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 4.4 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/4.4 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 4.4. Reports to the General Assembly. Beginning July |
| 9 | | 1, 2018, and quarterly thereafter, the Department shall submit |
| 10 | | to the General Assembly a
written report providing, at minimum, |
| 11 | | for each State-operated mental health center and |
| 12 | | State-operated developmental
center: |
| 13 | | (1) the number of employees; |
| 14 | | (2) the number of patient or resident initiated workplace |
| 15 | | violence incidents which
occurred, including the number which |
| 16 | | were a direct assault on staff and the number which were a |
| 17 | | violent incident to
which staff responded; |
| 18 | | (3) the number of employees impacted in each incident; and |
| 19 | | (4) the rate of workplace violence that
quarter expressed |
| 20 | | as total number of employees impacted to total number of |
| 21 | | employees.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |