Bill Text: IL HB5479 | 2013-2014 | 98th 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 develop a monitoring program for any client that is discharged from a developmental disability facility under the Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Procedures for the Developmentally Disabled Chapter of the Code to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the program shall include weekly face-to-face visits for the first 8 weeks after discharge with an employee of the Department and monthly face-to-face visits after the first 8 weeks with an employee of the Department for one year after discharge.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5479 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5479-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5479 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 develop a monitoring program for any client that is discharged from a developmental disability facility under the Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Procedures for the Developmentally Disabled Chapter of the Code to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the program shall include weekly face-to-face visits for the first 8 weeks after discharge with an employee of the Department and monthly face-to-face visits after the first 8 weeks with an employee of the Department for one year after discharge.
LRB098 18084 RLC 53213 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB5479 LRB098 18084 RLC 53213 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. Department monitoring program. The Department
shall develop a monitoring program for any client that is
discharged from a developmental disability facility under this
Chapter to a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated
Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. The
program shall include weekly face-to-face visits with an
employee of the Department for the first 8 weeks after
discharge and monthly face-to-face visits with an employee of
the Department after the first 8 weeks for one year after
discharge.