55 ILCS 5/5-25025
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25025)Sec. 5-25025.     Mental health program.     If the county board of any  county having a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and  maintaining a county health department under this Division  desires the inclusion of a mental health program in that county health  department and the authority to levy the tax provided for in subsection (c)  of this Section, the county board shall certify that question to the proper  election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in  accordance with the general election law.  The proposition shall be in  substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall ...........County includea mental health program in the                YEScounty health department, andlevy an annual tax of not to exceed    -----------------------.05% of the value of all taxableproperty for use for mental healthpurposes by the county health                  NOdepartment?--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of the electors voting at that election vote in favor of  the proposition, the county board may include the mental health program in  the county health department and may, annually, levy the additional tax for  mental health purposes. All mental health facilities provided shall be  available to all citizens of the county, but the county health board may  vary any charges for services according to ability to pay.When the inclusion of a mental health program has been approved:(a) To the extent practicable, at least one member of the County  Board of Health, under Section 5-25012, shall be a person certified by The  American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology professionally engaged in the  field of mental health and licensed to practice medicine in the State,  unless there is no such qualified person in the county.(b) The president or chairman of the county board of health shall  appoint a mental health advisory board composed of not less than 9 nor  more than 15 members who have special knowledge and interest in the  field of mental health. Initially, 1/3 of the board members shall be  appointed for terms of one year, 1/3 for 2 years and 1/3 for 3 years.  Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years. This advisory board shall  meet at least twice each year and provide counsel, direction and advice  to the county board of health in the field of mental health.(c) The county board may levy, in excess of the statutory limit and  in addition to the taxes permitted under Sections 5-25003, 5-25004 and  5-25010, an additional annual tax of not more  than .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of  Revenue, of all taxable property within the county which tax shall be  levied and collected as provided in Section 5-25010 but held in  the County Health Fund of the county treasury for use for mental health  purposes. These funds may be used to provide care and treatment in public  and private mental health facilities.(d) When a mental health program has been included in a county  health department pursuant to this Section, the county board may obtain  the authority to levy a tax for mental health purposes in addition to  the tax authorized by the preceding paragraphs of this Section but not  in excess of an additional .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed  by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the county by  following the procedure set out in Section 5-25003 except that the  proposition shall be in substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall.... county levy, in excessof the statutory limit, an additional        YESannual tax of not to exceed .05% for    ----------------------use for mental health purposes by the        NOcounty health department?-------------------------------------------------------------If the majority of all the votes cast on the proposition in the  county is in favor thereof, the county board shall levy such tax  annually. The levy and collection of this tax shall be as  provided in Section 5-25010 but the tax shall be  held in the County Health Fund of the county treasury for use, with that  levied pursuant to paragraph (c), for mental health purposes.    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)