Bill Text: IL HB2538 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that within 6 months of learning that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or independently, the Department of Human Services shall request a wellness check from the designated adult protective services agency or provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act to: (1) verify that the adult with a developmental disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and (2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental disability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2538 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2538-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2538 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that within 6 months of learning that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or independently, the Department of Human Services shall request a wellness check from the designated adult protective services agency or provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act to: (1) verify that the adult with a developmental disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and (2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental disability.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
67.5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new)
Sec. 67.5. Wellness check. Within 6 months of learning
that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a
parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or
independently, the Department shall request a wellness check
from the designated adult protective services agency or
provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services
Act to:
(1) verify that the adult with a developmental
disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of
abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and
(2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of
emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the
risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental
disability.