Bill Text: IL HB3468 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to record the menstrual cycles of every woman of child-bearing age who is admitted to and remains in a mental health facility for more than 60 days. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0138 [HB3468 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3468-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 097-0138 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | ||||
Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section | ||||
10.1 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1705/10.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-10.1)
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Sec. 10.1.
Every woman of child-bearing age who
is admitted | ||||
to a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department shall,
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with her consent or the consent of her guardian, be
tested for | ||||
pregnancy upon admission and thereafter as indicated. For a | ||||
recipient who is admitted to and remains in a facility for more | ||||
than 60 days a A record
of each such recipient's menstrual | ||||
cycles shall be maintained. A plan for
complete prenatal care | ||||
shall be developed and implemented for each
recipient who is | ||||
found to be pregnant. On-site prenatal care shall be
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to recipients who are not verbal or who otherwise cannot
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communicate with a provider of care because of a severe | ||||
disability, in
which case the facility administrator shall also | ||||
seek the consent of the
recipient's legal guardian for special | ||||
care for the recipient, or shall
arrange for a temporary or | ||||
limited guardianship of the person of the
recipient for the | ||||
purpose of obtaining consent to diagnosis and treatment
of the | ||||
recipient. Discharge planning for a pregnant recipient shall
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specifically include provision for continuity of prenatal | ||
care.
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(Source: P.A. 86-1013.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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