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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2834

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Charles Meier

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 1705/4

from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall
require facilities under its jurisdiction to consider the class or school
schedule of employees who are continuing their education before mandating
overtime work hours.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning State government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Mental Health and Developmental
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Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by changing Section
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4 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 1705/4)

(from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4)
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Sec. 4.
Supervision of facilities and services; quarterly
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reports.
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(a) To exercise executive and administrative supervision
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over all facilities, divisions, programs and services now
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existing or hereafter acquired or created under the
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jurisdiction of the Department, including, but not limited to,
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the following:
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The Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton
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The Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental
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Center, at Anna
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The Chester Mental Health Center, at Chester
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The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago
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The Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin
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The Metropolitan Children and Adolescents Center, at
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Chicago
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The Jacksonville Developmental Center, at Jacksonville

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The Governor Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center,
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at Kankakee
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The Tinley Park Mental Health Center, at Tinley Park
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The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center, at
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Centralia
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The Jack Mabley Developmental Center, at Dixon
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The Lincoln Developmental Center, at Lincoln
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The H. Douglas Singer Mental Health and Developmental
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Center, at Rockford
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The John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Chicago
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The George A. Zeller Mental Health Center, at Peoria
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The Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health
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Center, at Springfield
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The Adolf Meyer Mental Health Center, at Decatur
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The William W. Fox Developmental Center, at Dwight
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The Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center, at Park
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Forest
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The William A. Howe Developmental Center, at Tinley
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Park
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The Ann M. Kiley Developmental Center, at Waukegan.
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(b) Beginning not later than July 1, 1977, the Department
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shall cause each of the facilities under its jurisdiction
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which provide in-patient care to comply with standards, rules
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and regulations of the Department of Public Health prescribed
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under Section 6.05 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
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(b-5) The Department shall cause each of the facilities

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under its jurisdiction that provide in-patient care to comply
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with Section 6.25 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
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(c) The Department shall issue quarterly electronic
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reports to the General Assembly on admissions, deflections,
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discharges, bed closures, staff-resident ratios, census,
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average length of stay, and any adverse federal certification
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or accreditation findings, if any, for each State-operated
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facility for the mentally ill and for persons with
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developmental disabilities. The quarterly reports shall be
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issued by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each
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year. The quarterly reports shall include the following
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information for each facility reflecting the period ending 15
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days prior to the submission of the report:
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(1) the number of employees;
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(2) the number of workplace violence incidents that
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occurred, including the number that were a direct assault
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on employees by residents and the number that resulted
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from staff intervention in a resident altercation or other
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form of injurious behavior;
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(3) the number of employees impacted in each incident;
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and
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(4) the number of employee injuries resulting,
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descriptions of the nature of the injuries, the number of
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employee injuries requiring medical treatment at the
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facility, the number of employee injuries requiring
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outside medical treatment, and the number of days off work

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per injury.
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(d) The requirements in subsection (c) do not relieve the
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Department from the recordkeeping requirements of the
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Occupational Safety and Health Act.
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(e) The Department shall:
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(1) establish a reasonable procedure for employees to
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report work-related assaults and injuries. A procedure is
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not reasonable if it would deter or discourage a
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reasonable employee from accurately reporting a workplace
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assault or injury;
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(2) inform each employee:
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(A) of the procedure for reporting work-related
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assaults and injuries;
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(B) of the right to report work-related assaults
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and injuries; and
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(C) that the Department is prohibited from
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discharging or in any manner discriminating against
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employees for reporting work-related assaults and
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injuries; and
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(3) not discharge, discipline, or in any manner
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discriminate against any employee for reporting a
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work-related assault or injury.
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(f) The Department shall require facilities under its
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jurisdiction to consider the class or school schedule of
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employees who are continuing their education before mandating
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overtime work hours.

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(Source: P.A. 103-881, eff. 1-1-25
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