405 ILCS 22/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1548, eff. 1-1-12.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 405 ILCS 22 — Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act.
Illinois · statute · 405 ILCS 22 · 11 active provisions
405 ILCS 22/5
Purpose
Purpose. The purpose of an Expanded Mental Health Services Program and Governing Commission created under the provisions of this Act by the voters of a territory within a municipality with a population of more than 1,000,000 shall be to expand the availability of mental health services to an additional population of me…
405 ILCS 22/10
Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Clinical psychologist" means a psychologist who is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and who: (i) has a doctoral degree from a regionally accredited university, college, or professional school, and has 2 years of supervised experience in heal…
405 ILCS 22/15
Creation of Expanded Mental Health Services Program and Governing Commission
Creation of Expanded Mental Health Services Program and Governing Commission. (a) Whenever in a municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, the question of creating an Expanded Mental Health Services Program within a contiguous territory included entirely within the municipality is initiated by resolution or ord…
405 ILCS 22/20
Duties and functions of Governing Commission
Duties and functions of Governing Commission. The duties and functions of the Governing Commission of an Expanded Mental Health Services Program shall include the following: (1) To, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of one of its number as president and one as secretary and such other of…
405 ILCS 22/25
Expanded mental health services fund
Expanded mental health services fund. (a) The Governing Commission shall maintain the expanded mental health services fund for the purposes of paying the costs of administering the Program and carrying out its duties under this Act, subject to the limitations and procedures set forth in this Act. (b) The expanded menta…
405 ILCS 22/30
Termination of a Program
Termination of a Program. An Expanded Mental Health Services Program may be terminated only by the submission of and approval of the issue in the form of a public question before the voters of the territory of the Program at a regularly scheduled election in the same manner as the question of the creation of the Progra…
405 ILCS 22/35
Immunity and indemnification
Immunity and indemnification. No commissioner, officer, or employee, whether on salary, wage, or voluntary basis, shall be personally liable and no cause of action may be brought for damages resulting from the exercise of judgment or discretion in connection with the performance of Program duties or responsibilities, u…
405 ILCS 22/40
Legal actions
Legal actions. No lawsuit or any other type of legal action brought under the terms of this Act shall be sustainable in a court of law or equity unless all conditions, stipulations, and provisions of the Program have been complied with, and unless the suit is brought within 12 months after the event which is the subjec…
405 ILCS 22/45
Penalty
Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this Act or any procedure, regulation, or bylaw of a Governing Commission and Program created under the provisions of this Act shall, in addition to all other remedies provided by law, be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each offense.…
405 ILCS 22/50
Home rule
Home rule. The authority or duty to establish or prohibit the establishment of Expanded Mental Health Services Programs in any municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, including home rule units, and the determination of the terms of such Programs are declared to be exclusive powers and functions of the State…