Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse applies to (i) all residential programs (rather than all programs) for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, and (ii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the training program for authorized direct care staff shall include educational and oversight components for staff who work in day programs that are similar to those for staff who work in residential programs. Effective January 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0050 [HB2383 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Randy Frese [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-099	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tom Demmer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-090	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Bellock [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sheri Jesiel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dave Severin [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Meier [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Butler [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-087	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dave Syverson [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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