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91_HB2676

 
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
 2    Disabilities  Administrative Act by changing Section 50.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section   5.   The  Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 6    Disabilities   Administrative  Act  is  amended  by  changing
 7    Section 50 as follows:

 8        (20 ILCS 1705/50) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-50)
 9        Sec. 50.  Annual plan.  An annual plan  shall  set  forth
10    the  service  and program plans of the Department.  An annual
11    plan shall include:
12        (1)  a record of the past year's performance in  services
13    and programs;
14        (2)  the  current year's plans for services and programs;
15    and
16        (3)  plans for services and  programs  for  2  succeeding
17    fiscal years.
18        The  annual  plan  shall  also include: needs assessment;
19    goals and objectives, with time-frames; and a description  of
20    measures   used   to   evaluate   program  effectiveness  and
21    achievement of objectives.
22        An annual plan shall be coordinated with Federal planning
23    requirements,  as  well  as   with   other   State   planning
24    activities,  including those required by P.A. 79-1035 and the
25    "Community Mental Health Act of 1963",  as  amended;  to  the
26    extent   possible,   the   plan  shall  use  definitions  and
27    classifications  consistent  with  the   Statewide   planning
28    process so that the Department's plan can be coordinated with
29    State  health plans on an annual basis.  The Department shall
30    also coordinate its planning efforts with local and  regional
31    mental  health  authorities.   The  plan  shall  delineate  a
 
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 1    comprehensive   integrated  service  system.   The  following
 2    information shall be provided on a Statewide and  a  regional
 3    basis:
 4        The  plan  shall  include  any  financial  obligations or
 5    arrangements entered  into  by  the  Department  for  service
 6    delivery, including individual care grants, purchase of care,
 7    and  grant  in  aid, and the exercise of all other powers and
 8    duties of the Department.  It shall also include any research
 9    programs and any time-limited pilot or experimental projects.
10    Plans for non-institutional services relating  to  recipients
11    of  mental health and  developmental disability services from
12    the Department shall be  included,  such  as  community-based
13    alternative  living  arrangements and other aftercare support
14    services  for  former  residents,  as  well  as  intervention
15    programs  for   persons   with   a   high   risk   of   being
16    institutionalized.    The  rationale  for  selecting  service
17    priorities shall be annotated.  A  plan  shall  also  include
18    monitoring  requirements  and  methods for client and program
19    evaluation.
20        The  plan  shall  include  a  description  of  all  State
21    operated facilities, their fiscal operations  and  plans  for
22    accreditation.  It shall also include a statement of the role
23    and  function  of existing or planned State facilities in the
24    delivery  of  mental  health  or   developmental   disability
25    services  in the State and region where they are located, and
26    shall indicate:  the classifications and levels of  staffing;
27    types  of disabilities or illnesses to be treated; historical
28    and current physical plant utilization data;  and  plans  for
29    the  development  of or phase out of programs.  To the extent
30    possible, the plan shall identify, describe  and  assess  the
31    availability  and  utilization  of non-State resources in the
32    planning, development  and  delivery  of  mental  health  and
33    developmental  disability  services.   The plan shall include
34    any capital development, rehabilitation or  conversion  plans
 
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 1    for existing State facilities.
 2        The   plan   shall  include  a  family  impact  statement
 3    indicating how the Department's actions have strengthened and
 4    promoted stability within Illinois families.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-922.)

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