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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Interstate Contracts for Mental Health Disorder Treatment Act. (Source: P.A. 102-371, eff. 1-1-22.)
Illinois · statute · 405 ILCS 130 · 12 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Interstate Contracts for Mental Health Disorder Treatment Act. (Source: P.A. 102-371, eff. 1-1-22.)
Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to enable Illinois and Wisconsin residents who are subject, by court order, to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis for the treatment of a mental health disorder to obtain appropriate treatment across state lines in qualified private hospitals and facilities that are closer to…
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis", "mental health facility", and "recipient" have the meanings ascribed to them in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. "Receiving agency" means a mental health facility that provides substance use disorder or men…
Purchase of services. A private mental health facility located in a northern border county may contract as provided under this Act with a county department located in the Wisconsin Southeast Region to secure mental health treatment for Illinois residents who are subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis un…
Provision of services. A private mental health facility located in a northern border county may contract as provided under this Act with a county department located in the Wisconsin Southeast Region to provide mental health treatment to Wisconsin residents who are subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis…
Residence not established. No person establishes legal residence in the state where the receiving agency is located while the person is receiving services in accordance with a contract under this Act. (Source: P.A. 102-371, eff. 1-1-22.)
Treatment records. Treatment records shall be managed in accordance with the laws of the receiving state. (Source: P.A. 102-371, eff. 1-1-22.)
Involuntary commitments. An individual who is detained, committed, or placed on an involuntary basis under Article VI or VII of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code may be confined and treated for a mental health disorder in a private hospital or mental health facility located in the Wisconsin Southeas…
Applicable laws. While in the receiving state in accordance with a contract under this Act, an individual shall be subject to all of the provisions of law, rules, and regulations applicable to persons detained, committed, or placed in accordance with the corresponding laws of the receiving state, except those laws, rul…
Transfers between facilities. An individual may be transferred between private facilities of the receiving state if transfers are permitted by the contract under this Act providing for the individual's care. (Source: P.A. 102-371, eff. 1-1-22.)
Required contract provisions. All contracts under this Act shall do all of the following: (1) Establish the responsibility for the costs of all services to be provided under the contract. (2) Establish the responsibility for the transportation of clients to and from receiving facilities. (3) Provide for reports by the…
Applicability. This Act does not apply to state-operated or public facilities or hospitals located in Wisconsin or Illinois. (Source: P.A. 102-371, eff. 1-1-22.)