HB4791 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4791

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Deb Conroy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 505/21.6 new
20 ILCS 1305/10-75 new
20 ILCS 2805/39 new
730 ILCS 5/3-2-7.5 new
730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-40.5 new

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop, within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an assessment protocol and training for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders. Requires the Department to make the assessment protocol and training available to all State agencies that contract for or directly provide housing services. Requires the Department to utilize the assessment protocol to train the appropriate staff and screen all residents of facilities operated by the Department who have been prescribed psychotropic medication. Requires the Department to publish on its website a report on the number of facility residents assessed for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders. Prohibits the Department from publishing medical information specific to a resident that may violate the resident's privacy. Amends the Children and Family Services Act, the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Department of Corrections, and Department of Juvenile Justice to utilize the assessment protocol to train their staff on tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and to screen residents of facilities operated by those Departments who have been prescribed psychotropic medication. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by adding Section 21.6 as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/21.6 new)

Sec. 21.6. Tardive dyskinesia; staff training and resident assessments. Utilizing the Department of Human Services' assessment protocol described in Section 10-75 of the Department of Human Services Act, within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department of Children and Family Services shall train the appropriate staff on tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and screen all residents of facilities operated by the Department of Children and Family Services who have been prescribed psychotropic medication.

The Department of Children and Family Services shall publish a report and post on its website the number of residents, by facility, who were assessed for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and the results of those assessments. Nothing in this Section shall require the publication of medical information specific to a resident that may violate the resident's privacy.

Section 10. The Department of Human Services Act is amended by adding Section 10-75 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1305/10-75 new)

Sec. 10-75. Tardive dyskinesia; assessment protocol and training. Within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department shall develop an assessment protocol and training for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders. This assessment protocol and training shall be made available to all State agencies that contract for or directly provide housing services, including, but not limited to, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Utilizing the assessment protocol, within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department shall train the appropriate staff and screen all residents of facilities operated by the Department who have been prescribed psychotropic medication.

The Department shall publish a report and post on its website the number of residents, by facility, who were assessed for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and the results of those assessments. Nothing in this Section shall require the publication of medical information specific to a resident that may violate the resident's privacy.

Section 15. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is amended by adding Section 39 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2805/39 new)

Sec. 39. Tardive dyskinesia; staff training and resident assessments. Utilizing the Department of Human Services' assessment protocol described in Section 10-75 of the Department of Human Services Act, within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall train the appropriate staff on tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and screen all residents of the veterans homes operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs who have been prescribed psychotropic medication.

The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall publish a report and post on its website the number of residents, by veteran home, who were assessed for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and the results of those assessments. Nothing in this Section shall require the publication of medical information specific to a resident that may violate the resident's privacy.

Section 20. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by adding Sections 3-2-7.5 and 3-2.5-40.5 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-2-7.5 new)

Sec. 3-2-7.5. Tardive dyskinesia; staff training and resident assessments. Utilizing the Department of Human Services' assessment protocol described in Section 10-75 of the Department of Human Services Act, within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department of Corrections shall train the appropriate staff on tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and screen all residents of facilities operated by the Department of Corrections who have been prescribed psychotropic medication.

The Department of Corrections shall publish a report and post on its website the number of residents, by facility, who were assessed for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and the results of those assessments. Nothing in this Section shall require the publication of medical information specific to a resident that may violate the resident's privacy.

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-40.5 new)

Sec. 3-2.5-40.5. Tardive dyskinesia; staff training and resident assessments. Utilizing the Department of Human Services' assessment protocol described in Section 10-75 of the Department of Human Services Act, within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department of Juvenile Justice shall train the appropriate staff on tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and screen all residents of facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice who have been prescribed psychotropic medication.

The Department of Juvenile Justice shall publish a report and post on its website the number of residents, by facility, who were assessed for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and the results of those assessments. Nothing in this Section shall require the publication of medical information specific to a resident that may violate the resident's privacy.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.