93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4092


 
Introduced 1/15/2004, by Kathleen A. Ryg
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to collect and publish certain data from inpatient mental health facilities. Requires certain information to be collected and authorizes the Department to specify by rule additional data to be collected. Imposes a fine (maximum of $1,000) against any mental health facility that fails to provide the required information. Provides that a facility that fails to comply with the requirements of the Section shall not receive any funds through the Department.  Effective immediately.



















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    AN ACT concerning mental health.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
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Disabilities Administrative Act is amended  by adding Section 
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4.4 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1705/4.4  new)
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    Sec. 4.4. Mental health facility data collection.

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    (a) The Department shall collect, from  all inpatient mental 
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health facilities, statistics concerning the provision of 
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mental health services and shall publish those statistics at 
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least once per year. The statistics collected by the Department 
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shall include the following data:
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        (1) Admissions, discharges, and average daily census 
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    data and legal basis for admission.

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        (2) Average length of stay for persons discharged by 
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    facility and legal basis for admission.

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        (3) Commitment petitions filed by facility, county of 
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    residence, and outcome.

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        (4) Petitions for involuntary treatment under Section 
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    2-107.1 of the Mental Health and Developmental 
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    Disabilities Code and outcome.

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        (5) Data collected under Section 2-110.1 of the Mental 
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    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

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        (6) Number of persons on conditional release pursuant 
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    to Section 5-2-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

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        (7) Denials of admission to State-operated facilities.

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        (8) Admission by number of prior admissions and 
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    facility of current admission.

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        (9) Type of placement for  discharged persons, 
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    including: jails, prisons, nursing homes, shelters, 
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    community-integrated living arrangements, family or 
 


 









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    relatives, supported or assisted housing, or independent 
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    living.

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    The Department may specify by rule other data to be 
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    collected from inpatient mental health facilities.

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    (b) Each mental health facility must provide the 
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Department, at least quarterly, with the information specified 
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in this Section and any information required by any rule 
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promulgated pursuant to this Section. No information shall be 
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provided under this Section except as permitted under the 
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Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and other 
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State and federal laws governing the confidentiality of mental 
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health records, substance abuse records, and other medical 
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records.

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    (c) The Department may impose a fine, not to exceed $1,000 
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per quarter, on each mental health facility that fails to 
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provide information required under this Section within 180 days 
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after any deadline established by the Department for the 
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provision of that information. If a mental health facility 
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fails to provide the information required under this Section 
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within 180 days after any deadline established by the 
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Department for the provision of the information, the facility 
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shall not  receive any distribution of funds through the 
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Department.

 

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