104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2538 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that within 6 months of learning that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or independently, the Department of Human Services shall request a wellness check from the designated adult protective services agency or provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act to: (1) verify that the adult with a developmental disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and (2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental disability. LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2538 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new 20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that within 6 months of learning that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or independently, the Department of Human Services shall request a wellness check from the designated adult protective services agency or provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act to: (1) verify that the adult with a developmental disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and (2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental disability. LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2538 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new 20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new
20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that within 6 months of learning that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or independently, the Department of Human Services shall request a wellness check from the designated adult protective services agency or provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act to: (1) verify that the adult with a developmental disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and (2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental disability.
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A BILL FOR
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
6 67.5 as follows:
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2538 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new 20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new
20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that within 6 months of learning that an adult with a developmental disability has lost a parental guardian while living with that parental guardian or independently, the Department of Human Services shall request a wellness check from the designated adult protective services agency or provider agency as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act to: (1) verify that the adult with a developmental disability is not experiencing or at imminent risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect; and (2) establish mandatory standards for the provision of emergent casework and follow-up services to mitigate the risk of harm or death to the adult with a developmental disability.
LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b
LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b
A BILL FOR
20 ILCS 1705/67.5 new
LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b
HB2538 LRB104 10205 KTG 20279 b