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92_SB0434eng SB434 Engrossed LRB9203381RCcd 1 AN ACT in relation to mental health. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by 5 adding Section 8.5 as follows: 6 (405 ILCS 20/8.5 new) 7 Sec. 8.5. Pilot programs. From funds appropriated by the 8 General Assembly to the Department of Human Services for that 9 purpose, the Secretary of Human Services shall establish 3 10 pilot programs, one in a municipality of over 2,000,000 11 inhabitants, one in a county of fewer than 3,000,000 12 inhabitants that is contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or 13 more inhabitants, and one in a county of fewer than 3,000,000 14 inhabitants that is not contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 15 or more inhabitants, to provide persons who have been 16 released from jails and pretrial detention facilities with 17 access to providers of mental health services.