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
 

  
HB4085LRB099 11219 RLC 31752 b


  
1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
5Disabilities Code is amended  by adding Section 4-710 as 
6follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/4-710 new)
8    Sec. 4-710. Closure of facilities; transition plans.
9    (a)  The Department shall obtain the services of  the staff 
10of State-operated developmental disability facilities to 
11develop and implement transition plans for recipients who are 
12being transferred from a State-operated developmental 
13disability facility to another facility or to another care 
14setting.
15    (b)  The Department may not enter into a contract with any 
16person who is not a staff member of a State-operated 
17developmental disability facility to provide transition 
18services to residents of  State-operated developmental 
19disability facilities. 
 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.