Sen. Carol Ronen
Filed: 4/27/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3812




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3812 on page 1, 
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between lines  3 and 4, by inserting the following:

 
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    "Section 2. The Mental Health and Developmental 
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Disabilities Administrative Act is amended  by adding Section 
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18.6 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1705/18.6  new)
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    Sec. 18.6. Recovery-oriented services and treatment. The 
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Department shall research and determine requirements for the 
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development and transformation to a recovery-oriented system 
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for delivering State-funded and State-operated services to 
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persons with mental illness.  The Department may convene an 
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inter-agency, inter-disciplinary task force of experts in the 
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mental health field, including consumers of services,  mental 
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health professionals, providers of State-operated and 
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community-based services, advisory boards and councils, and 
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organizations representing consumers to assist in this 
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determination.
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    For the purpose of this Section, "recovery" refers to the 
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process by which people are able to live, work, learn, and 
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participate fully in their communities. A recovery-oriented 
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system provides services and treatments  that are consumer and 
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family centered and geared to give consumers real and 
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meaningful choices about treatment options and providers.  Care 
 


 






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must focus on increasing consumers' ability to successfully 
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cope with life's challenges, on facilitating recovery, and on 
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building resilience, not just on managing symptoms
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    By January 1, 2006, the Department shall prepare and submit 
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to the Governor and to the General Assembly a report of 
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findings and recommendations to transform the current system of 
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care for persons with mental illness to a recovery-oriented 
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system including a common definition of terms, the requirements 
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of a recovery-oriented system, including a comparison of this 
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recovery-oriented system with the current system, 
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identification of the similarities and differences between the 
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systems in terms of the services provided, a description of the 
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protocols for assessment, case planning, and service delivery, 
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and a comparison of the costs of the systems.".