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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 182
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 182, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend certain Acts in relation to mental
5 health."; and
6 by inserting immediately after the enacting clause the
7 following:
8 "Section 2. The Abused and Neglected Long Term Care
9 Facility Residents Reporting Act is amended by adding Section
10 6.9 as follows:
11 (210 ILCS 30/6.9 new)
12 Sec. 6.9. Reviews; mental health facilities. The agency
13 designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection
14 and Advocacy for Developmentally Disabled Persons Act is
15 authorized to review abuse, neglect, deaths, and other
16 safety-related issues in mental health facilities, as defined
17 in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, and
18 the effectiveness of the State's systems that address these
19 issues. To enable the agency designated by the Governor to
20 fulfill its obligations pursuant to this Section, the agency
21 shall have authority to the same extent as that provided to
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1 the Inspector General of the Department of Human Services.
2 Nothing in this Section limits the agency's authority as the
3 State's designated protection and advocacy system. All
4 identifiable information in records provided pursuant to this
5 Section shall not be further disclosed except as provided by
6 the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
7 Confidentiality Act. The scope of these studies shall be
8 based on the available appropriation. The Auditor General is
9 authorized to contract with the agency designated by the
10 Governor for the performance of the reviews. Nothing in this
11 Section prevents the agency designated by the Governor from
12 securing other public or private funds to carry out studies
13 pursuant to this Section. The agency shall provide an annual
14 report to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than
15 April 1 of each year regarding the reviews authorized by this
16 Section.".