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Public Act 92-0755
HB5844 Enrolled LRB9214285DJmgA
AN ACT in relation to health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
changing Section 3 as follows:
(405 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 903)
Sec. 3. Responsibilities for Community Services.
Pursuant to this Act, the Department of Human Services shall
facilitate the establishment of a comprehensive and
coordinated array of community services based upon a federal,
State and local partnership. In order to assist in
implementation of this Act, the Department shall prescribe
and publish rules and regulations. The Department may
request the assistance of other State agencies, local
government entities, direct services providers and others in
the development of these regulations or other policies
related to community services.
The Department shall assume the following roles and
responsibilities for community services:
(a) Service Priorities. Within the service categories
described in Section 2 of this Act, establish and publish
priorities for community services to be rendered, and
priority populations to receive these services.
(b) Planning. By January 1, 1994 and by January 1 of
each third year thereafter, prepare and publish a Plan which
describes goals and objectives for community services
state-wide and for regions and subregions needs assessment,
steps and time-tables for implementation of the goals also
shall be included; programmatic goals and objectives for
community services shall cover the service categories defined
in Section 2 of this Act; the Department shall insure local
participation in the planning process.
(c) Public Information and Education. Develop programs
aimed at improving the relationship between communities and
their disabled residents; prepare and disseminate public
information and educational materials on the prevention of
developmental disabilities, mental illness, and alcohol or
drug dependence, and on available treatment and habilitation
services for persons with these disabilities.
(d) Quality Assurance. Promulgate minimum program
standards, rules and regulations to insure that Department
funded services maintain acceptable quality and assure
enforcement of these standards through regular monitoring of
services and through program evaluation; this applies except
where this responsibility is explicitly given by law to
another State agency.
(d-5) Accreditation requirements for providers of mental
health and substance abuse treatment services. Except when
the federal or State statutes authorizing a program, or the
federal regulations implementing a program, are to the
contrary, accreditation shall be accepted by the Department
in lieu of the Department's facility or program certification
or licensure onsite review requirements and shall be accepted
as a substitute for the Department's administrative and
program monitoring requirements, except as required by
subsection (d-10), in the case of:
(1) Any organization from which the Department
purchases mental health or substance abuse services and
that is accredited under any of the following: the
Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Behavioral Health
Care (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO)); the Comprehensive Accreditation
Manual for Hospitals (JCAHO); the Standards Manual for
the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family
Services (Council on Accreditation for Children and
Family Services (COA)); or the Standards Manual for
Organizations Serving People with Disabilities (the
Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF)).
(2) Any mental health facility or program licensed
or certified by the Department, or any substance abuse
service licensed by the Department, that is accredited
under any of the following: the Comprehensive
Accreditation Manual for Behavioral Health Care (JCAHO);
the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals
(JCAHO); the Standards Manual for the Council on
Accreditation for Children and Family Services (COA); or
the Standards Manual for Organizations Serving People
with Disabilities (CARF).
(3) Any network of providers from which the
Department purchases mental health or substance abuse
services and that is accredited under any of the
following: the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for
Behavioral Health Care (JCAHO); the Comprehensive
Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (JCAHO); the Standards
Manual for the Council on Accreditation for Children and
Family Services (COA); the Standards Manual for
Organizations Serving People with Disabilities (CARF); or
the National Committee for Quality Assurance. A provider
organization that is part of an accredited network shall
be afforded the same rights under this subsection.
(d-10) For mental health and substance abuse services,
the Department may develop standards or promulgate rules that
establish additional standards for monitoring and licensing
accredited programs, services, and facilities that the
Department has determined are not covered by the
accreditation standards and processes. These additional
standards for monitoring and licensing accredited programs,
services, and facilities and the associated monitoring must
not duplicate the standards and processes already covered by
the accrediting bodies.
(d-15) The Department shall be given proof of compliance
with fire and health safety standards, which must be
submitted as required by rule.
(d-20) The Department, by accepting the survey or
inspection of an accrediting organization, does not forfeit
its rights to perform inspections at any time, including
contract monitoring to ensure that services are provided in
accordance with the contract. The Department reserves the
right to monitor a provider of mental health and substance
abuse treatment services when the survey or inspection of an
accrediting organization has established any deficiency in
the accreditation standards and processes.
(d-25) On and after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the
accreditation requirements of this Section apply to
contracted organizations that are already accredited.
(e) Program Evaluation. Develop a system for conducting
evaluation of the effectiveness of community services,
according to preestablished performance standards; evaluate
the extent to which performance according to established
standards aids in achieving the goals of this Act; evaluation
data also shall be used for quality assurance purposes as
well as for planning activities.
(f) Research. Conduct research in order to increase
understanding of mental illness, developmental disabilities
and alcohol and drug dependence.
(g) Technical Assistance. Provide technical assistance
to provider agencies receiving funds or serving clients in
order to assist these agencies in providing appropriate,
quality services; also provide assistance and guidance to
other State agencies and local governmental bodies serving
the disabled in order to strengthen their efforts to provide
appropriate community services; and assist provider agencies
in accessing other available funding, including federal,
State, local, third-party and private resources.
(h) Placement Process. Promote the appropriate placement
of clients in community services through the development and
implementation of client assessment and diagnostic
instruments to assist in identifying the individual's service
needs; client assessment instruments also can be utilized for
purposes of program evaluation; whenever possible, assure
that placements in State-operated facilities are referrals
from community agencies.
(i) Interagency Coordination. Assume leadership in
promoting cooperation among State health and human service
agencies to insure that a comprehensive, coordinated
community services system is in place; to insure disabled
persons access to needed services; and to insure continuity
of care and allow clients to move among service settings as
their needs change; also work with other agencies to
establish effective prevention programs.
(j) Financial Assistance. Provide financial assistance
to local provider agencies through purchase-of-care contracts
and grants, pursuant to Section 4 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 15, 2002.
Approved August 02, 2002.
Effective August 02, 2002.
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