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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1135 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to permit any resident of the Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center at Anna to remain at the facility upon request of the resident or the resident's family or legal guardian if the resident maintains an Illinois home address in a county located within the geographically organized service region designated by the Department as Division of Mental Health Region 5, excluding the following counties: Madison, Bond, Fayette, Clay, Jasper, or Crawford. |
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| | HB1135 | | LRB104 03869 KTG 13893 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 77 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/77 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 77. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. |
| 9 | | The Department shall permit any resident of the Clyde L. |
| 10 | | Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center at Anna to |
| 11 | | remain at the facility upon request of the resident or the |
| 12 | | resident's family or legal guardian if the resident maintains |
| 13 | | an Illinois home in a county located within the geographically |
| 14 | | organized service region designated by the Department as |
| 15 | | Division of Mental Health Region 5, excluding the following |
| 16 | | counties: Madison, Bond, Fayette, Clay, Jasper, or Crawford. |