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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2329
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2329 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Mental Health and Developmental
5 Disabilities Administrative Act by changing Section 7."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
9 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing
10 Section 7 as follows:
11 (20 ILCS 1705/7) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-7)
12 Sec. 7. To receive and provide the highest possible
13 quality of humane and rehabilitative care and treatment to
14 all persons admitted or committed or transferred in
15 accordance with law to the facilities, divisions, programs,
16 and services under the jurisdiction of the Department. No
17 resident of another state shall be received or retained to
18 the exclusion of any resident of this State. No resident of
19 another state shall be received or retained to the exclusion
20 of any resident of this State. All recipients of 17 years of
21 age and under in residence in a Department facility other
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1 than a facility for the care of the mentally retarded shall
2 be housed in quarters separated from older recipients except
3 for: (a) recipients who are placed in medical-surgical units
4 because of physical illness; and (b) recipients between 13
5 and 18 years of age who need temporary security measures.
6 All recipients in a Department facility shall be given a
7 dental examination by a licensed dentist or registered dental
8 hygienist at least once every 18 months and shall be assigned
9 to a dentist for such dental care and treatment as is
10 necessary.
11 All medications administered to recipients shall be
12 administered only by those persons who are legally qualified
13 to do so by the laws of the State of Illinois. Medication
14 shall not be prescribed until a physical and mental
15 examination of the recipient has been completed. If, in the
16 clinical judgment of a physician, it is necessary to
17 administer medication to a recipient before the completion of
18 the physical and mental examination, he may prescribe such
19 medication but he must file a report with the facility
20 director setting forth the reasons for prescribing such
21 medication within 24 hours of the prescription. A copy of the
22 report shall be part of the recipient's record.
23 No later than January 1, 1999, the Department shall adopt
24 standards for recording on a prescribed form all patient
25 diagnosis, care, and treatment at every facility under the
26 jurisdiction of the Department.
27 Every facility under the jurisdiction of the Department
28 shall maintain a copy of each report of suspected abuse or
29 neglect of the patient. Copies of those reports shall be made
30 available to the State Auditor General in connection with his
31 biennial program audit of the facility as required by Section
32 3-2 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
33 No later than January 1, 1999, every facility under the
34 jurisdiction of the Department and all services provided in
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1 those facilities shall comply with all of the applicable
2 standards adopted by the Social Security Administration under
3 Subchapter XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (42 U.
4 S. C. 1395 - 1395ccc).
5 (Source: P.A. 86-922; 86-1013; 86-1475.)".