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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Counties Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 5-25027 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-25027 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-25027. Advisory committee. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) No later than December 31, 2011, the county board | ||||||
| 9 | chairman in every county with a population of less than | ||||||
| 10 | 3,000,000 shall appoint a volunteer 7 member mental health | ||||||
| 11 | advisory committee composed of members of the general public, | ||||||
| 12 | if the county has established a county health department | ||||||
| 13 | pursuant to this Act, but no mental health program has been | ||||||
| 14 | approved by the county health department as provided in Section | ||||||
| 15 | 5-25025 of this Act. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The mental health advisory committee shall identify and | ||||||
| 17 | assess current mental health services in its respective | ||||||
| 18 | jurisdiction, monitor any expansion or contraction of such | ||||||
| 19 | services, and, if deemed necessary, provide a report to the | ||||||
| 20 | county board with recommendations for additional services. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) The mental health advisory committee shall have no | ||||||
| 22 | taxing authority. | ||||||
| 23 | (d) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2018. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 10. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by | ||||||
| 2 | adding Section 14 as follows: | ||||||
| 3 | (405 ILCS 20/14 new) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 14. Advisory committee. | ||||||
| 5 | (a) No later than December 31, 2011, the county board | ||||||
| 6 | chairman in every county with a population of less than | ||||||
| 7 | 3,000,000, or the township supervisor of a township located in | ||||||
| 8 | a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, shall appoint | ||||||
| 9 | a volunteer 7 member mental health advisory committee composed | ||||||
| 10 | of members of the general public, if no community mental health | ||||||
| 11 | board has been established in the county or township as | ||||||
| 12 | provided under Section 3a of this Act. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) The mental health advisory committee shall identify and | ||||||
| 14 | assess current mental health services in its respective | ||||||
| 15 | jurisdiction, monitor any expansion or contraction of such | ||||||
| 16 | services, and, if deemed necessary, provide a report to the | ||||||
| 17 | county or township board with recommendations for additional | ||||||
| 18 | services. | ||||||
| 19 | (c) The mental health advisory committee shall have no | ||||||
| 20 | taxing authority. | ||||||
| 21 | (d) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2018.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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