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HB0017 Engrossed |
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LRB095 03457 CMK 23461 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
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| Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 10 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1705/10) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10)
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| Sec. 10. To examine persons admitted to facilities of the |
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| Department
for treatment of mental illness or developmental |
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| disability to determine
alcoholism, drug addiction or other |
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| substance abuse. Based on such
examination,
the Department |
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| shall
may provide necessary medical, education and |
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| rehabilitation
services, and shall
may arrange for further |
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| assessment and
referral of such persons to appropriate |
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| alcoholism or substance abuse services. Referral of such |
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| persons by the Department to appropriate alcoholism or |
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| substance abuse services shall be made to providers who are |
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| able to accept the persons and perform a further assessment |
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| within a clinically appropriate time. This Section does not |
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| require that the Department maintain an individual in a |
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| Department facility who is otherwise eligible for discharge as |
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| provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities |
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| Code.
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