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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) In order to determine the nature, magnitude, and 
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consequences to persons with mental illness of future decisions 
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related to the funding of public and private mental health 
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facilities and services, the Department shall collect and 
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publish data as set forth in this Section. This data shall be 
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used to inform future decisions regarding the public and 
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private mental health facilities.

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    (b) 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 or 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, discharge diagnosis, and legal basis for 
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    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 from any 
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    State-operated facility pursuant to Section 5-2-4 of the 
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    Unified Code of Corrections.

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        (7) Denials of admission to State-operated facilities 
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    pursuant to Section 3-405 of the Mental Health and 
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    Developmental Disabilities Code.

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        (8) From State-operated facilities, admission by 
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    number of prior admissions and facility of current 
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    admission.

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        (9) Type of placement for  discharged persons by 
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    category of facilities, such as: jails, prisons, nursing 
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    homes, shelters, community-integrated living arrangements, 
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    family or relatives, supported or assisted housing, 
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    State-operated facilities, residential facilities, or 
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    independent living.

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    (c) 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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    (d) The Department may collect and disseminate this 
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information electronically, provided that the Department 
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provides to mental health facilities technical assistance in 
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the collection of this data.

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    (e) The Department shall consult with other State 
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departments and agencies, including, but not limited to, the 
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Department of Public Health and the Department of Public Aid, 
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to determine to what extent any of the data included in this 
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Section is already being collected by these departments and 
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agencies. The Department shall not require any facility to 
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provide data under this Section directly to the Department if 
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the data is already being provided to another State department 
 


 






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or agency. Any data included in this Section that any other 
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State department or agency is collecting shall be provided to 
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the Department for the purposes set forth in this Section. The 
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Department may use information collected pursuant to 
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subsection (b) of Section 12 of the Mental Health and 
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Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act for the  
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purposes of this Section. The Department may form a work group 
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of the Department of Public Health, the Department of Public 
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Aid, and representatives of mental health facilities for the 
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purpose of ensuring coordination and cooperation.

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2005.