94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3623

 

Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 30/1   from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 901
405 ILCS 35/1   from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1101
405 ILCS 35/2   from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1102

    Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that a goal of the community services system is to provide recovery oriented services directed toward achieving and maintaining a person's full or partial recovery from the symptoms of mental illness and the attainment of economic self-sufficiency and community integration. Amends the Community Support Systems Act. Provides that local community support system service components include recovery oriented components. Provides that the goal of the local community service system shall include but not be limited to recovery. Provides that mental health recovery oriented services shall be directed toward achieving and maintaining a person's full or partial recovery from the symptoms of mental illness and the attainment of economic self-sufficiency and community integration. Effective July 1, 2005.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (405 ILCS 30/1)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 901)
7     Sec. 1. Purpose. It is declared to be the policy and intent
8 of the Illinois General Assembly that the Department of Human
9 Services assume leadership in facilitating the establishment
10 of comprehensive and coordinated arrays of private and public
11 services for persons with mental illness, persons with a
12 developmental disability, and alcohol and drug dependent
13 citizens residing in communities throughout the state. The
14 Department shall work in partnership with local government
15 entities, direct service providers, voluntary associations and
16 communities to create a system that is sensitive to the needs
17 of local communities and which complements existing family and
18 other natural supports, social institutions and programs.
19     The goals of the service system shall include but not be
20 limited to the following: to strengthen the disabled
21 individual's independence, self-esteem and ability to
22 participate in and contribute to community life; to provide
23 recovery oriented services directed toward achieving and
24 maintaining a person's full or partial recovery from the
25 symptoms of mental illness and the attainment of economic
26 self-sufficiency and community integration; to insure
27 continuity of care for clients; to enable disabled persons to
28 access needed services, commensurate with their individual
29 wishes and needs, regardless of where they reside in the state;
30 to prevent unnecessary institutionalization and the
31 dislocation of individuals from their home communities; to
32 provide a range of services so that persons can receive these

 

 

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1 services in settings which do not unnecessarily restrict their
2 liberty; and to encourage clients to move among settings as
3 their needs change.
4     The system shall include provision of services in the areas
5 of prevention, client assessment and diagnosis, case
6 coordination, crisis and emergency care, treatment and
7 habilitation and support services, and community residential
8 alternatives to institutional settings. The General Assembly
9 recognizes that community programs are an integral part of the
10 larger service system, which includes state-operated
11 facilities for persons who cannot receive appropriate services
12 in the community.
13     Towards achievement of these ends, the Department of Human
14 Services, working in coordination with other State agencies,
15 shall assume responsibilities pursuant to this Act, which
16 includes activities in the areas of planning, quality
17 assurance, program evaluation, community education, and the
18 provision of financial and technical assistance to local
19 provider agencies.
20 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
21     Section 10. The Community Support Systems Act is amended by
22 changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
 
23     (405 ILCS 35/1)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1101)
24     Sec. 1. Purpose. The statewide development and
25 implementation of local community support systems, including
26 recovery oriented services, to serve the chronically mentally
27 ill with emphasis on care and treatment of extended and/or
28 repeated users of inpatient and/or other intensive mental
29 health services such as day treatment, emergency and
30 non-medical residential care shall be a priority for the
31 Department of Human Services, hereinafter referred to as the
32 Department, in community program funding. The goal of the local
33 community service system shall include but not be limited to
34 recovery. Mental health recovery oriented services shall be

 

 

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1 directed toward achieving and maintaining a person's full or
2 partial recovery from the symptoms of mental illness and the
3 attainment of economic self-sufficiency and community
4 integration.
5     In order to achieve this goal, the Department shall develop
6 and facilitate, in cooperation with community agencies serving
7 the mentally ill, the implementation of appropriate plans
8 providing guidance for the Department and community agencies in
9 planning, securing, funding, client assessment, service system
10 evaluation, technical assistance, and local level development
11 of community support systems. In addition, the Department shall
12 continue funding community support system pilot projects
13 established pursuant to Section 16.2 of the Mental Health and
14 Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act for the duration
15 of the established pilot project period, and shall give
16 priority for continuing funding of such community support
17 system program components of proven effectiveness at cessation
18 of the pilot project period through the Department's regular
19 grant-in-aid and purchase care resources.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
21     (405 ILCS 35/2)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1102)
22     Sec. 2. Department responsibilities.
23     (a) The Secretary of Human Services shall designate staff
24 of the Department to coordinate the development of the
25 Department's community support system strategic plan. In
26 developing the appropriate plans the responsibilities of the
27 coordinator and any additional required staff shall include:
28         (1) the development of a statewide inventory of
29     community support system service components, including
30     recovery oriented services, currently available, including
31     those components funded or provided by other public and
32     private agencies;
33         (2) delineation of a comprehensive set of community
34     support services with adequate flexibility to accommodate
35     the needs of disparate chronically mentally ill

 

 

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1     populations including the young chronically mentally ill
2     client, and local conditions in the state, which shall
3     serve as the basis of the development and enhancement of
4     community support systems, including recovery oriented
5     services, statewide;
6         (3) the development of a statewide client assessment
7     system providing descriptive data appropriate for use in
8     individual service planning, aggregate statistics
9     descriptive of client population groups which can be
10     utilized in the development of local community support
11     systems, statistics for discrimination of varying client
12     populations according to client characteristics and needs,
13     and information for statewide planning;
14         (4) a study of mechanisms currently employed in funding
15     community support system components, including recovery
16     oriented services, followed by the establishment of a
17     Department policy specifying funding mechanisms
18     appropriate for specific community support system program
19     components, including recovery oriented service or program
20     components;
21         (5) the development of program and service standards to
22     enhance accountability and evaluation of community support
23     systems, including recovery oriented services, on both a
24     system-wide and component-by-component basis;
25     (b) The coordinator and his staff shall provide technical
26 assistance and training to local community agencies involved in
27 the development and provision of community support systems;
28     (c) The coordinator and his staff shall serve as the
29 Department liaison with other public and private agencies
30 involved through funding or service provision in the
31 development and maintenance of community support systems;
32     (d) The coordinator and his staff shall coordinate internal
33 Department efforts to develop community support systems,
34 including recovery oriented services. Activities shall include
35 consultation, technical assistance, leadership in
36 implementation of the strategic plan, and administration of

 

 

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1 pilot projects as established in Section 3 of this Act.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
4 2005.