2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH › 20 ILCS 1710/ - Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Human Services (Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities) Law) › Article 1710 - Department Of Human Services (As Successor To Department Of Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities)

(20 ILCS 1710/Art. 1710 heading)
ARTICLE 1710.  
		DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
(AS SUCCESSOR TO DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-1)
Sec. 1710-1. Article short title. This Article 1710 of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois may be cited as the Department of Human Services (Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities) Law.
(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-5)
Sec. 1710-5. 
		Definitions. 
		In this Law:
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Human Services.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-10) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53 in part)
Sec. 1710-10. 
		Powers, generally. 
		The Department has the powers described in
Sections 1710-15, 1710-20, 1710-25,
and 1710-100.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-15) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53 in part)
Sec. 1710-15. 
		
		Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative
Act. The Department has the power to exercise the powers and duties
set forth in the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-20) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53 in part)
Sec. 1710-20. 
		Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
(a) The Department has the power to administer the provisions of
the
Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code that pertain to the responsibilities of the
Department.
(b)  The Department has the power to initiate injunction
proceedings wherever it appears to the
Secretary that any
person, group of persons, or corporation is engaged or about to engage
in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a
violation
of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or any rule or
regulation prescribed under authority of that Code. The
Secretary may, in his or her discretion,
through the Attorney General, file a complaint and apply for an injunction,
and upon a proper showing, any circuit court may issue a permanent or
preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order without bond to
enforce that Code, rule, or regulation in addition to the
penalties and other remedies provided
in that Code, rule, or regulation. Either party may
appeal as in other civil cases.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-25) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53 in part)
Sec. 1710-25. 
		Escaped Inmate Damages Act. 
		The Department has the
power to exercise the powers and fulfill the duties assigned the
Department by the Escaped Inmate Damages Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-30) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53a)
Sec. 1710-30. 
		Specialized living centers. 
		The Department shall exercise the
powers and
perform the functions and
duties as prescribed in the Specialized Living Centers Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-50) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53 in part)
Sec. 1710-50. 
		Security force. 
		The Department has the power to
appoint, subject to the Personnel Code, members of a security
force who shall be authorized to transport recipients between Department
facilities or other locations, search for and attempt to locate and
transport missing recipients, enforce Section 47 of the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, and
perform other
required duties.  The director of a mental health or developmental
disability facility shall have authority to direct security forces.  This
authorization shall remain in effect even if security forces are
transporting recipients across county or State boundaries.  Security forces
performing their duties shall be indemnified as provided under the State
Employee Indemnification Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-75) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53 in part)
Sec. 1710-75. Criminal history record information. Whenever the
Department is authorized or
required by law to consider some aspect of criminal history record
information for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and
responsibilities, then, upon request and payment of fees in conformance
with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of
the Illinois State Police Law, the Illinois State Police is
authorized to furnish, pursuant to positive identification, the
information contained in State files that is necessary to fulfill
the request.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-100) (was 20 ILCS 1710/53d)
Sec. 1710-100. Grants to Special Olympics Illinois. The
Department
shall make grants to Special Olympics Illinois for area and statewide
athletic competitions from appropriations to the Department from the
Special Olympics Illinois Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury.
(Source: P.A. 95-523, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
(20 ILCS 1710/1710-125)
Sec. 1710-125. Re-entry services program. The Department of Human Services shall establish a  re-entry services program to assist persons wrongfully imprisoned, as defined in  Section 3-1-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections, in obtaining mental health services, including services for post-traumatic stress, at an agreed-upon  mental health facility  at no charge.  The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules, no later than July 1, 2011, establishing the eligibility of wrongfully imprisoned persons for the Department's re-entry services program.
(Source: P.A. 96-1550, eff. 7-1-11.)