95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1245


 
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Terry Link
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 1705/4.3
  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.3







    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish a system of regular and ongoing on-site
inspections of each facility under its jurisdiction including surveillance procedures designed to identify and prevent abuse and neglect. Provides that the surveillance procedures must include, but not be limited to, the use of security cameras and the use of persons to perform covert investigations of the daily operation of the facility.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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 changing Section 
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4.3 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 1705/4.3)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4.3)



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    Sec. 4.3. Site visits and inspections. 

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    (a) (Blank). 

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    (b) The Department shall establish a system of regular and 
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ongoing
annual on-site
inspections of each facility under its 
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jurisdiction including surveillance procedures designed to 
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identify and prevent abuse and neglect. The surveillance 
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procedures must include, but not be limited to, the use of 
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security cameras and the use of persons to perform covert 
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investigations of the daily operation of the facility. The 
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inspections shall
be conducted by the Department's central 
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office to:


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        (1) Determine facility compliance with Department 
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    policies and procedures;


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        (2) Determine facility compliance with audit 
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    recommendations;


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        (3) Evaluate facility compliance with applicable 
 


 






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    federal standards;


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        (4) Review and follow up on complaints made by 
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    community mental health
agencies and advocates, and on 
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    findings of the Human Rights Authority
division of the 
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    Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; and


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        (5) Review administrative and management problems 
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    identified
by other sources.

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(Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)