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| | HB3468 Engrossed | | LRB097 02965 KTG 42990 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section |
| 6 | | 10.1 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/10.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10.1)
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| 8 | | Sec. 10.1.
Every woman of child-bearing age who
is admitted |
| 9 | | to a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department shall,
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| 10 | | with her consent or the consent of her guardian, be
tested for |
| 11 | | pregnancy upon admission and thereafter as indicated. For a |
| 12 | | recipient who is admitted to and remains in a facility for more |
| 13 | | than 60 days a A record
of each such recipient's menstrual |
| 14 | | cycles shall be maintained. A plan for
complete prenatal care |
| 15 | | shall be developed and implemented for each
recipient who is |
| 16 | | found to be pregnant. On-site prenatal care shall be
provided |
| 17 | | to recipients who are not verbal or who otherwise cannot
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| 18 | | communicate with a provider of care because of a severe |
| 19 | | disability, in
which case the facility administrator shall also |
| 20 | | seek the consent of the
recipient's legal guardian for special |
| 21 | | care for the recipient, or shall
arrange for a temporary or |
| 22 | | limited guardianship of the person of the
recipient for the |
| 23 | | purpose of obtaining consent to diagnosis and treatment
of the |