Bill Text: IL HB4085 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall obtain the services of the staff of State-operated developmental disability facilities to develop and implement transition plans for recipients who are being transferred from a State-operated developmental disability facility to another facility or to another care setting. Provides that the Department may not enter into a contract with any person who is not a staff member of a State-operated developmental disability facility to provide transition services to residents of State-operated developmental disability facilities. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4085 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4085-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4085 Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 5/4-710 new
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall obtain the services of the staff of State-operated developmental disability facilities to develop and implement transition plans for recipients who are being transferred from a State-operated developmental disability facility to another facility or to another care setting. Provides that the Department may not enter into a contract with any person who is not a staff member of a State-operated developmental disability facility to provide transition services to residents of State-operated developmental disability facilities. Effective immediately.
LRB099 11219 RLC 31752 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB4085 LRB099 11219 RLC 31752 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 4-710 as
follows:
(405 ILCS 5/4-710 new)
Sec. 4-710. Closure of facilities; transition plans.
(a) The Department shall obtain the services of the staff
of State-operated developmental disability facilities to
develop and implement transition plans for recipients who are
being transferred from a State-operated developmental
disability facility to another facility or to another care
setting.
(b) The Department may not enter into a contract with any
person who is not a staff member of a State-operated
developmental disability facility to provide transition
services to residents of State-operated developmental
disability facilities.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.