Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall, no later than July 1, 2012, establish a policy to provide independent individualized assessments of individuals with developmental disabilities residing in State-operated facilities who desire, or whose parents or guardians desire, to pursue transfer to an integrated community-based residential setting. Provides that the policy shall include identifying the clinical, habilitative, and social needs of each individual that shall be incorporated into a transition plan. Amends the Community Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to conduct a geographic analysis of supports and services for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness no later than July 1, 2012. Provides that the analysis shall also identify gaps between required supports and services by region of the State; and that the Department shall prepare a final report by no later than January 1, 2013 that shall be made available to the Governor and the appropriate standing committees in the Senate and the House, and that shall be made available to the public on the Department's website a minimum of one week prior to presentation of the report to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
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Creates the Community Mental Health Services Accountability Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to draft and present no later than July 1, 2011 new administrative rules governing all community residential mental health services that are currently governed by the Illinois Administrative Code. Requires the new rules to include, but not be limited to, standards for environmental management of living arrangements; administrative requirements; monitoring and review; and licensure requirements. Contains provisions concerning the drafting and presentation of rules stipulating life safety standards; rules designed for supportive housing facilities; and the creation of an Outcome Monitoring Pilot Program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Redefines "mercury switch" to include a mercury-containing product or device that makes, breaks, or changes a connection in an electrical circuit. Provides that, beginning in 2015, dental amalgam may not be added, removed, or modified in the course of treating patients at a dental office unless the dental office has an amalgam separator system installed that removes dental amalgam from the dental office's wastewater before it is discharged into a sewer or septic system and unless other related requirements are met. Requires dental schools and vocational dental education programs to instruct students on the use of certain practices to minimize the presence of elemental mercury, unused amalgam, and waste amalgam in discharged wastewater and solid waste. Amends the Mercury Switch Removal Act. Requires vehicle recyclers, vehicle crushers, and scrap metal recyclers to remove all mercury switches from each end-of-life vehicle within a specified time. Amends the Mercury-Added Product Prohibition Act. Prohibits, except under certain circumstances, mercury-containing pressure transducers from being sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the State. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative purpose.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code in the provisions concerning autism spectrum disorders, habilitative services for children, and mental and emotional disorders to provide that certain coverage provided under those respective provisions through a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan shall be subject to the parity requirements of the provision concerning mental health parity. Sets forth a provision concerning mental health parity. Provides that every insurer that amends, delivers, issues, or renews a group policy of accident and health insurance in the State providing coverage for hospital or medical treatment and for the treatment of mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions shall ensure adherence to the provisions concerning financial requirements and treatment limitations. Sets forth provisions concerning aggregate lifetime and annual limits. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act to comport with the provision of the Illinois Insurance Code concerning mental health parity. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that prior to the release of any inmate committed to a facility of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department must provide the inmate with appropriate information in writing, by video, or other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. Provides that the Department shall develop the informational materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health. Provides that at the same time, the Department must also offer the committed person the option of testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with no copayment for the test. Provides that pre-test information shall be provided to the committed person and informed consent obtained as required in the AIDS Confidentiality Act. Provides that the Department may conduct opt-out HIV testing. Provides that the Department shall follow procedures established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. Eliminates references to the ELISA test and the Western Blot Assay test. Eliminates provision that HIV information and testing provided to inmates is subject to appropriation. Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that inmates of the Cook County Jail shall be provided information and testing conducted by an employee of the Cook County Health & Hospitals System (rather than the Bureau of Health Services).
Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Expands the definition of the term "police station" to include a campus police department located on any college or university owned or controlled by the State or any private college or private university that is not owned or controlled by the State.
Amends the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act. Removes a provision prohibiting the inclusion of a patient's name, address, or Social Security number in patient claims and encounter data submitted by hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers.
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Establishes a State Charter School Commission as an independent State agency with statewide chartering jurisdiction and authority, consisting of 9 members appointed by the State Board of Education on the recommendation of a slate of candidates proposed by the Governor. Provides that the Commission is responsible for authorizing high-quality charter schools throughout this State. Allows the Commission to charge a charter school that it authorizes a fee, not to exceed 3% of the revenue provided to the school, to cover the cost of undertaking the ongoing administrative responsibilities of the eligible chartering authority with respect to the school. Provides that any charter school authorized by the State Board prior to the amendatory Act shall have its authorization transferred immediately to the Commission, which shall then become the school's authorizer. Provides that any charter school authorized by a school board may seek approval from the Commission during its current term only with the approval of the school board, and provides that at the end of its charter term, a charter school authorized by a school board must reapply to that board before it may apply for authorization to the Commission. Makes additional changes concerning the Commission, and makes changes concerning authorizers, immunity, the submission of information, and reporting. Effective immediately.
Creates the Immunization Data Registry Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may develop and maintain an immunization data registry to collect, store, analyze, release, and report immunization data. Sets forth purposes for which the registry may be used. Sets forth provisions concerning the provision of immunization data to the registry, confidentiality, and the release of information. Establishes immunity for certain entities from civil and criminal liability for certain actions. Provides that a person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly discloses confidential information contained in the immunization data registry in violation of the Act commits a Class A misdemeanor. Makes other changes. Effective on July 1, 2011.