Bill Text: IL SB2670 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that in any county with a county executive form of government, if applicable, the county executive shall appoint the community mental health board with the advice and consent of the county board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro [SB2670 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2670-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3a as follows:
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6 | (405 ILCS 20/3a) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 303a) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3a. Every governmental unit authorized to levy an | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | annual tax under any of the provisions of this Act shall, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | before it may levy such tax, establish a 7 member community | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | mental health board who shall administer this Act. Such board | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall be appointed by the chairman of the governing body of a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | county, the mayor of a city, the president of a village, the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | president of an incorporated town, or the supervisor of a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | township, as the case may be, with the advice and consent of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the governing body of such county, city, village, incorporated | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | town or the town board of trustees of any township , except in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | any county with a county executive form of government, if | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | applicable, the county executive shall appoint the board with | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the advice and consent of the county board . Members of the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | community mental health board shall be residents of the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | government unit and, as nearly as possible, be representative | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of interested groups of the community such as local health | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | departments, medical societies, local comprehensive health |
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1 | planning agencies, hospital boards, lay associations concerned | ||||||
2 | with mental health, developmental disabilities and substance | ||||||
3 | abuse, as well as the general public. Only one member shall be | ||||||
4 | a member of the governing body, with the term of membership on | ||||||
5 | the board to run concurrently with the elected term of the | ||||||
6 | member. The chairman of the governing body may, upon the | ||||||
7 | request of the community mental health board, appoint 2 | ||||||
8 | additional members to the community mental health board. No | ||||||
9 | member of the community mental health board may be a full-time | ||||||
10 | or part-time employee of the Department of Human Services or a | ||||||
11 | board member, employee or any other individual receiving | ||||||
12 | compensation from any facility or service operating under | ||||||
13 | contract to the board. If a successful referendum is held | ||||||
14 | under Section 5 of this Act, all members of such board shall be | ||||||
15 | appointed within 60 days after the local election authority | ||||||
16 | certifies the passage of the referendum. If a community mental | ||||||
17 | health board has been established by a county with a | ||||||
18 | population of less than 500,000 and the community mental | ||||||
19 | health board is funded in whole or in part by a special mental | ||||||
20 | health sales tax described in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) | ||||||
21 | of Section 5-1006.5 of the Counties Code, the largest | ||||||
22 | municipality in the county with at least 125,000 residents may | ||||||
23 | appoint 2 additional members to the board. The members shall | ||||||
24 | be appointed by the mayor of the municipality with the advice | ||||||
25 | and consent of the municipality's governing body. | ||||||
26 | Home rule units are exempt from this Act. However, they |
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