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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Section 5i as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5i new)
7    Sec. 5i. Closure of State mental health facilities.
8Consistent with the provisions of Sections 4.4 and 4.5 of the
9Community Services Act, whenever a State mental health facility
10operated by the Department of Human Services is closed, the
11Department of Human Services, at the direction of the Governor,
12shall transfer funds from the closed facility to the
13appropriate line item providing appropriation authority for
14the new venue of care to facilitate the transition of services
15to the new venue of care, provided that the new venue of care
16is a Department of Human Services funded provider or facility.
17    As used in this Section, the term "mental health facility"
18has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Mental Health and
19Developmental Disabilities Code.