§ 5j

Closure of State mental health facilities or developmental disabilities facilities. Consistent with the provisions of Sections 4.4 and 4.5 of the Community Services Act, whenever a State mental health facility operated by the Department of Human Services or a State developmental disabilities facility operated by the Department of Human Services is closed, the Department of Human Services, at the direction of the Governor, shall transfer funds from the closed facility to the appropriate line item providing appropriation authority for the new venue of care to facilitate the transition of services to the new venue of care, provided that the new venue of care is a Department of Human Services funded provider or facility. As used in this Section, the terms "mental health facility" and "developmental disabilities facility" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 98-403, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)