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92_SB0959

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to mental health.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Community Mental Health Act is amended by
 5    adding Section 8.2 as follows:

 6        (405 ILCS 20/8.2 new)
 7        Sec. 8.2.  Olmstead mentally ill initiatives.  From funds
 8    appropriated  by  the  General  Assembly to the Department of
 9    Human Services for  that  purpose,  the  Secretary  of  Human
10    Services shall establish Olmstead mentally ill initiatives to
11    prevent  and  correct  inappropriate  institutionalization to
12    ensure that individuals in need of mental health services are
13    served in the most  integrated  setting.   These  initiatives
14    shall  be  implemented  to  provide mental health services to
15    1,000 individuals with mental illness (MI) or mental  illness
16    and  substance  abuse  (MISA).   The  Olmstead  mentally  ill
17    initiative  services  shall  include  but  not be limited to:
18    crisis  services;  outpatient  services;  rehabilitation  and
19    support services, including  assertive  community  treatment,
20    case  management,  supportive and supervised residential, day
21    treatment,   and   psychosocial   rehabilitation;   community
22    integrated living  arrangements;  and  emergency  psychiatric
23    services.

24        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
25    becoming law.

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