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Healthcare Protection Act would insure patients get the mental …

(1 days ago) WEBGov. J.B. Pritzker supports the Healthcare Protection Act, which would ban prior authorization for inpatient mental health treatment. The legislation has been …

https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/05/18/healthcare-protection-act-would-insure-patients-get-the-mental-health-treatment-they-need

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Illinois legislators seek to expand access to mental health care

(Just Now) WEBApril 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Illinois legislators have advanced two measures pushed by proponents of reform in the state’s behavioral health system that are intended to expand …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/illinois-lawmakers-consider-measures-aimed-at-making-mental-health-care-more-accessible/

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Pritzker wants to improve access to mental health care in IL

(1 days ago) WEBHopeful Futures Campaign, a childhood mental health advocacy group, reported Illinois only had one school social worker for nearly every 750 students in 2022 …

https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article288553646.html

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Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of Public Act 103-0337

(Just Now) WEBThis Act may be cited as the. Strengthening and Transforming Behavioral Health Crisis Care. in Illinois Act. Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) 1,440 …

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=103-0337

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Pritzker signs laws designed to provide better health care for the

(5 days ago) WEBGov. J.B. Pritzker signs bills to expand access to mental health care in Illinois at the Thompson Center on Wednesday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday …

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/25/22641859/pritzker-mental-illness-health-care-bill-signing-stephon-watts-calumet-peters

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Bills Expanding Access to Mental Health Care are Among Several

(8 days ago) WEBGov. JB Pritzker signs a bill last week, one of 160 he has signed into law from the 102nd General Assembly. Illinois residents will soon have greater access to …

https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2021-07-27/bills-expanding-access-to-mental-health-care-are-among-several-signed-into-law

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Illinois Compiled Statutes Chapter 405 (2021) - MENTAL HEALTH …

(5 days ago) WEB405 ILCS 90/ - Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act. 405 ILCS 95/ - Perinatal Mental Health Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act. 405 ILCS 100/ - Psychiatry …

https://law.justia.com/codes/illinois/2021/chapter-405/

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Illinois Begins To Build Mental Health Emergency …

(4 days ago) WEBA crisis response system will take time to build in Illinois, but at least some of the timeline is in place. IDHS is working on implementation of the 988 system by July 2022, while its Division of Mental Health is …

https://www.nprillinois.org/statehouse/2021-06-02/illinois-begins-to-build-mental-health-emergency-response-system

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Illinois lawmakers validate referendums creating mental health …

(4 days ago) WEBPUBLISHED: November 9, 2023 at 6:06 p.m. UPDATED: November 9, 2023 at 11:07 p.m. Mental health funding that voters approved last year would be saved from a do-over …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/11/09/illinois-lawmakers-validate-referendums-creating-mental-health-funding-for-5-suburban-townships-and-will-county/

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Illinois Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative

(1 days ago) WEBWith unanimous bipartisan support, the 103rd Illinois General Assembly took historic action with the passage of Senate Bill 724, signed into law as Public Act 103-0546 by …

https://gov.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/gov/documents/24-iIllinois-childrens-behavioral-health-transformation.pdf

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Illinois Compiled Statutes - Illinois General Assembly Home Page

(8 days ago) WEBThis Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act". (Source: P.A. 80-1508.) (740 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 91 …

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2043

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Illinois to Require Insurance Coverage for Mental Health, …

(6 days ago) WEBA new law in Illinois will require health insurers to cover medically necessary services and treatments for mental health conditions and substance use …

https://news.wttw.com/2021/08/31/illinois-require-insurance-coverage-mental-health-substance-use-disorders

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Illinois Compiled Statutes - Illinois General Assembly

(8 days ago) WEBBack to Act Listing Public Acts Search Guide Disclaimer Chapter I - Short Title And Definitions. Chapter II - Rights Of Recipients Of Mental Health And Developmental …

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1496

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Recent Changes to Illinois Mental Health Laws 2024 - O'Flaherty Law

(1 days ago) WEBThe Stephon Edwards Watts Act. One of the landmark pieces of legislation in Illinois is the Stephon Edwards Watts Act. Named after a young man who tragically lost his life …

https://www.oflaherty-law.com/learn-about-law/recent-changes-to-illinois-mental-health-laws

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Pritzker pledges to expand access to mental health care in Illinois

(4 days ago) WEBOn Wednesday, Pritzker credited “greater investments” in mental health – such as being able to use American Rescue Plan Act dollars to expand services and …

https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-pledges-to-expand-access-to-mental-health-care-in-illinois

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Recent and Proposed Changes in Illinois Mental Health Laws

(7 days ago) WEBLaws Enacted in 2019. Public Act 101-0251. Creates the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. The Act requires public colleges and university: (a) to provide training and …

https://www.isba.org/sections/mentalhealth/newsletter/2020/06/recentandproposedchangesinillinoism

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MENTAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CODE …

(8 days ago) WEBeffective September 3, 1992. This legislation required the Legislative Reference Bureau to file a compilation of the nearly 2,000 general Acts of Illinois. The compilation, known as …

https://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/27897/documents/Manuals/imhddc02.pdf

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What’s New in Illinois Mental Health Legislation and Recent - ISBA

(2 days ago) WEBJoin us for this comprehensive look at the updates to Illinois mental health legislation and the recent case law that may impact your next client. Mental health …

https://www.isba.org/barnews/2023/05/whatsnewinillinoismentalhealthlegis

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Understanding your legal medical rights for mental health Illinois

(4 days ago) WEBThis Section discusses your rights as a recipient of mental health treatment or developmental disability habilitation services. Under the MHDDA, the term "mental …

https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/understanding-your-legal-medical-rights-mental-health

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

(4 days ago) WEBThis Act may be referred to as the Generally. Accepted Standards of Behavioral Health Care Act of 2021. Section 2. The General Assembly finds and declares the. following: …

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/102/PDF/102-0579.pdf

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Mental Health Parity - Illinois

(7 days ago) WEBParity laws are federal and state laws that remove limits imposed by health insurers on mental health benefits that are more restrictive than those imposed on medical and …

https://getcovered.illinois.gov/resources/mental-health-parity.html

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Mental Health Law Illinois State Bar Association

(2 days ago) WEBThe mission of the Mental Health Law Section is: To review proposed and existing statutes, legislation, rules and court decisions affecting persons with mental …

https://www.isba.org/sections/mentalhealth

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Laws & Rules - Illinois Department of Public Health

(6 days ago) WEBThese programs are governed by laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly and signed by the Governor, and administrative rules adopted by IDPH or another agency. …

https://dph.illinois.gov/resource-center/laws-rules.html

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405 ILCS 20/ - Community Mental Health Act. - Justia Law

(1 days ago) WEBThis Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Community Mental Health Act". (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3457.) (405 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301) The provisions of …

https://law.justia.com/codes/illinois/2016/chapter-405/act-405-ilcs-20/

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Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep …

(8 days ago) WEBSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues — three-quarters of them haven’t …

https://apnews.com/article/illinois-firearms-revocation-foid-shootings-guns-479b7a41c5c5c862d5b07f1e2c49fe2b

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Illinois Compiled Statutes - Illinois General Assembly

(8 days ago) WEBSuch referendum may have been held at any time subsequent to the effective date of the Community Mental Health Act. (Source: P.A. 103-274, eff. 1-1-24; 103-565, eff. 11-17 …

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1499

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Over 80,000 Illinois People Banned From Owning Guns Still Keep …

(1 days ago) WEBSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues — three-quarters of them haven't …

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-05-16/over-80-000-illinois-people-banned-from-owning-guns-still-keep-them-report-shows

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Rock Island Public Library launches mental health project - KWQC

(Just Now) WEBThe promotional phase launched this week with mental health resource cards including key phone numbers and a QR code with more community resources. Visitors …

https://www.kwqc.com/2024/05/17/rock-island-public-library-launches-mental-health-project/

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Illinois Compiled Statutes - Illinois General Assembly Home Page

(4 days ago) WEBIllinois Compiled Statutes Table of Contents. (405 ILCS 5/1-101.2) Sec. 1-101.2. "Adequate and humane care and services" means services reasonably calculated to …

https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs5.asp?ActID=1496

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Do States with Easier Access to Guns have More Suicide Deaths by …

(9 days ago) WEBWe find that suicide by firearm is highest in states with the fewest gun laws (10.8 per 100,000), lower in states with moderate gun laws (8.4 per 100,000), and the …

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/do-states-with-easier-access-to-guns-have-more-suicide-deaths-by-firearm/

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