Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 1705 Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Section 43

    (20 ILCS 1705/43) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-43)

    Sec. 43. To provide habilitation and care for the intellectually disabled and persons with a developmental disability and counseling for their families in accordance with programs established and conducted by the Department.

    In assisting families to place such persons in need of care in licensed facilities for the intellectually disabled and persons with a developmental disability, the Department may supplement the amount a family is able to pay, as determined by the Department in accordance with Sections 5-105 through 5-116 of the "Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code" as amended, and the amount available from other sources. The Department shall have the authority to determine eligibility for placement of a person in a private facility.

    Whenever an intellectually disabled person or a client is placed in a private facility pursuant to this Section, such private facility must give the Department and the person's guardian or nearest relative, at least 30 days' notice in writing before such person may be discharged or transferred from the private facility, except in an emergency.

(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)

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