(20 ILCS 1705/18.3)
Sec. 18.3. Integrated system for services for the mentally ill. The
Department shall develop an effective, integrated system for delivering
State-funded and State-operated services to persons with mental illness. No
later than June 30, 1994, the Department shall enter into one or more
cooperative arrangements with the Department of Public Aid, the Department of
Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Public Health, and any other
appropriate entities for administration or supervision by the Department of
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities of all State programs for services
to persons in community care facilities for persons with mental illness,
including but not limited to intermediate care facilities, that are supported
by State funds or by funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security
Act.
The Department of Human Services shall succeed to the responsibilities of the
Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Department
of Rehabilitation Services under any such cooperative arrangement in existence
on July 1, 1997.
(Source: P.A. 98-71, eff. 7-15-13.)
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