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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1854 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services when a recipient of services under this Code, whether admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis, is being discharged from an inpatient facility, shall provide the recipient and the recipient's conservator, guardian, or other legally authorized representative a written aftercare plan prior to the recipient's discharge from the facility.
Provides that the written aftercare plan shall include, to the extent known, all of the following components: (1) the nature of the illness and followup required; (2) medications including side effects and dosage schedules; (3) if the recipient was given an informed consent form with his or her medications, the form shall satisfy the requirement for information on side effects of the medications; 4) expected course of recovery; (5) recommendations regarding treatment that is relevant to the recipient's care; (6) referrals to providers of medical and mental health services; and (7) other relevant information. Provides that the recipient shall be advised by facility personnel that he or she may designate another person to receive a copy of the aftercare plan.
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| | HB1854 | | LRB102 11861 RLC 17197 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Code is amended by adding Section 3-911 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/3-911 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 3-911. Aftercare plan. |
| 9 | | (a) The Department of Human Services when a recipient of |
| 10 | | services under this Code, whether admitted on a voluntary or |
| 11 | | involuntary basis, is being discharged from an inpatient |
| 12 | | facility, shall provide the recipient and the recipient's |
| 13 | | conservator, guardian, or other legally authorized |
| 14 | | representative a written aftercare plan prior to the |
| 15 | | recipient's discharge from the facility.
The written aftercare |
| 16 | | plan shall include, to the extent known, all of the following |
| 17 | | components: |
| 18 | | (1) the nature of the illness and followup required; |
| 19 | | (2) medications including side effects and dosage |
| 20 | | schedules; |
| 21 | | (3) if the recipient was given an informed consent |
| 22 | | form with his or her medications, the form shall satisfy |
| 23 | | the requirement for information on side effects of the |