Bill Text: IL HB3071 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3071 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB3071-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB3071 Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 20/1 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301
Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:
(405 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301)
Sec. 1. As used in this Act:
"Direct recipient services" means only those services
required to carry out a completed individualized treatment plan
that that is is signed by a service recipient or legal
guardian. Crisis assessment and stabilization services are
excluded, although these services may be anticipated in a
treatment plan.
"Governmental unit" means any county, city, village,
incorporated town, or township.
"Person with a developmental disability" means any person
or persons so diagnosed and as defined in the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code. Community mental health
boards operating under this Act may in their jurisdiction, by a
majority vote, add to the definition of "person with a
developmental disability".
"Mental illness" has the meaning ascribed to that term in
the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

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Community mental health boards operating under this Act may in
their jurisdiction, by a majority vote, add to the definition
of "mental illness".
"Substance use disorder" encompasses substance abuse,
dependence, and addiction, not inconsistent with federal or
State definitions.
(Source: P.A. 95-336, eff. 8-21-07.)