Bill Text: IL SB2670 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that in any county with a county executive form of government, if applicable, the county executive shall appoint the community mental health board with the advice and consent of the county board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro [SB2670 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2670-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2670 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 20/3a from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 303a
Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that in any county with a county executive form of government, if applicable, the county executive shall appoint the community mental health board with the advice and consent of the county board.
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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 3a as follows:
(405 ILCS 20/3a) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 303a)
Sec. 3a. Every governmental unit authorized to levy an
annual tax under any of the provisions of this Act shall,
before it may levy such tax, establish a 7 member community
mental health board who shall administer this Act. Such board
shall be appointed by the chairman of the governing body of a
county, the mayor of a city, the president of a village, the
president of an incorporated town, or the supervisor of a
township, as the case may be, with the advice and consent of
the governing body of such county, city, village, incorporated
town or the town board of trustees of any township, except in
any county with a county executive form of government, if
applicable, the county executive shall appoint the board with
the advice and consent of the county board. Members of the
community mental health board shall be residents of the
government unit and, as nearly as possible, be representative
of interested groups of the community such as local health
departments, medical societies, local comprehensive health

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planning agencies, hospital boards, lay associations concerned
with mental health, developmental disabilities and substance
abuse, as well as the general public. Only one member shall be
a member of the governing body, with the term of membership on
the board to run concurrently with the elected term of the
member. The chairman of the governing body may, upon the
request of the community mental health board, appoint 2
additional members to the community mental health board. No
member of the community mental health board may be a full-time
or part-time employee of the Department of Human Services or a
board member, employee or any other individual receiving
compensation from any facility or service operating under
contract to the board. If a successful referendum is held
under Section 5 of this Act, all members of such board shall be
appointed within 60 days after the local election authority
certifies the passage of the referendum. If a community mental
health board has been established by a county with a
population of less than 500,000 and the community mental
health board is funded in whole or in part by a special mental
health sales tax described in paragraph (4) of subsection (a)
of Section 5-1006.5 of the Counties Code, the largest
municipality in the county with at least 125,000 residents may
appoint 2 additional members to the board. The members shall
be appointed by the mayor of the municipality with the advice
and consent of the municipality's governing body.
Home rule units are exempt from this Act. However, they

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