Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1564 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1564 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 1705/4.5 new Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall require every applicant seeking employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center to: (i) complete the Test for Adult Basic Education and obtain a score that demonstrates the applicant's ability to read and write at a 5th grade level; and (ii) complete a series of basic physical agility tests, including a test that demonstrates the applicant's ability to lift at least 50 pounds, a one-mile walk test, a shuttle run, and a patient transfer test. Provides that such testing shall be in addition to any other testing or application requirements for employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center. Effective immediately. LRB104 07467 KTG 17508 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1564 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 1705/4.5 new 20 ILCS 1705/4.5 new Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall require every applicant seeking employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center to: (i) complete the Test for Adult Basic Education and obtain a score that demonstrates the applicant's ability to read and write at a 5th grade level; and (ii) complete a series of basic physical agility tests, including a test that demonstrates the applicant's ability to lift at least 50 pounds, a one-mile walk test, a shuttle run, and a patient transfer test. Provides that such testing shall be in addition to any other testing or application requirements for employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center. Effective immediately. LRB104 07467 KTG 17508 b LRB104 07467 KTG 17508 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1564 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall require every applicant seeking employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center to: (i) complete the Test for Adult Basic Education and obtain a score that demonstrates the applicant's ability to read and write at a 5th grade level; and (ii) complete a series of basic physical agility tests, including a test that demonstrates the applicant's ability to lift at least 50 pounds, a one-mile walk test, a shuttle run, and a patient transfer test. Provides that such testing shall be in addition to any other testing or application requirements for employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning State government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
15	15	5 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
16	16	6 4.5 as follows:
17	17	7 (20 ILCS 1705/4.5 new)
18	18	8 Sec. 4.5. TABE and physical agility testing for mental
19	19	9 health technicians. The Department shall require every
20	20	10 applicant seeking employment as a mental health technician
21	21	11 trainee at a State-operated developmental center to: (i)
22	22	12 complete the Test for Adult Basic Education and obtain a score
23	23	13 that demonstrates the applicant's ability to read and write at
24	24	14 a 5th grade level; and (ii) complete a series of basic physical
25	25	15 agility tests, including a test that demonstrates the
26	26	16 applicant's ability to lift at least 50 pounds, a one-mile
27	27	17 walk test, a shuttle run, and a patient transfer test. Such
28	28	18 testing shall be in addition to any other testing or
29	29	19 application requirements for employment as a mental health
30	30	20 technician trainee at a State-operated developmental center.
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34	34	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1564 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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37	37	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall require every applicant seeking employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center to: (i) complete the Test for Adult Basic Education and obtain a score that demonstrates the applicant's ability to read and write at a 5th grade level; and (ii) complete a series of basic physical agility tests, including a test that demonstrates the applicant's ability to lift at least 50 pounds, a one-mile walk test, a shuttle run, and a patient transfer test. Provides that such testing shall be in addition to any other testing or application requirements for employment as a mental health technician at a State-operated developmental center. Effective immediately.
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