Article IV
(405 ILCS 80/Art. IV heading) ARTICLE IV
(405 ILCS 80/4‑1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1804‑1)
Sec. 4‑1. The Department of Human Services may provide access to home‑based and community‑based services for mentally disabled children and adults through the designation of local screening and assessment units and community support teams. The screening and assessment units shall provide comprehensive assessment; develop individual service plans; link the persons with mental disabilities and their families to community providers for implementation of the plan; and monitor the plan's implementation for the time necessary to insure that the plan is appropriate and acceptable to the persons with mental disabilities and their families. The Department also will make available community support services in each local geographic area for persons with severe mental disabilities. Community support teams will provide case management, ongoing guidance and assistance for mentally disabled persons; will offer skills training, crisis/behavioral intervention, client/family support, and access to medication management; and provide individual client assistance to access housing, financial benefits, and employment‑related services.
(Source: P.A. 89‑507, eff. 7‑1‑97.) |
(405 ILCS 80/4‑2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1804‑2)
Sec. 4‑2. Expenditures for services under Article IV of the Act shall be subject to available appropriations.
(Source: P.A. 86‑921.) |