Date	Chamber	Action
1/28/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

20 ILCS 1705/4

from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. To provide for the safety of mental health care patients and staff members, provides for no fewer than 2 registered nurses and no fewer than 2 mental health technicians to be assigned to any unit at any time in the following State-operated hospitals: (1) the Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton; (2) the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago; (3) the Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, at Anna; (4) the Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin; (5) the John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Hines; and (6) the Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health Center, at Springfield. Provides that, if a registered nurse or mental health technician is assigned to 2 or more units, the calculation of the number of registered nurses or mental health technicians who are assigned to a unit shall be calculated for each registered nurse or mental health technician as one divided by the number of units to which the registered nurse or mental health technician is assigned. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2025	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
1/28/2025	House	First Reading
1/28/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee

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