Illinois Administrative Code › Title 59 - MENTAL HEALTH › Part 125 - RECIPIENT DISCHARGE/LINKAGE/AFTERCARE › Subpart C - INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROCEDURES › Section 125.100 - Overview

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Public
				accountability of the Department's efforts to assist recipients of mental
				health, developmental disability, or alcoholism services in accessing
				appropriate levels of aftercare according to their needs is achieved by
				documenting the process for discharge planning, linkage and aftercare services.
				Depending on the types of community agencies/facilities involved, this
				documentation is accomplished at the present time through an information system
				which is either automated or manual. The uniform method of reporting to be used
				by all receiving Department organizational units and grant agencies is the
				Department's extramural system and its subsystem, the aftercare linkage system
				(ACL). The description of this system and reporting instructions are found in
				the Department's extramural systems manual, revised July 1, 1980. This current
				computer system does not allow for recording of the referral to more than one
				provider. Therefore, it is necessary to indicate the primary agency/facility to
				whom the recipient is being referred for aftercare treatment/habilitation
				services even though the discharge plan calls for multiple service providers.
				The primary agency/facility for a recipient being placed in a licensed
				long-term care facility must be that designated agency/facility or Department
				organizational unit which has responsibility for the mandated follow-up
				monitoring services.
AGENCY NOTE: For the purpose of documenting the linkage and
				  mandated follow-up monitoring services provided to recipients being placed in a
				  licensed long-term care facility, the receiving agency to whom the recipient is
				  referred shall be either the designated Department organizational unit or the
				  designated grant agency. The linkage of the recipient to the licensed long-term
				  care facility is documented through noting the home code of the facility in
				  which the recipient is placed, using form DMHDD-1001, "Inpatient Statistical
				  Reporting Form".
b) For
				referral to non-grant agencies or non-state-operated facilities the method of
				reporting is similar but the documentation is effected through other reporting
				mechanisms set forth in this Part.
c) Accurate recording of the
				discharge/linkage/aftercare status for each person discharged from Department
				facilities is fundamental to the effective management of the DLA system. The
				process explained in this Part is absolutely necessary to document the
				successful linkage and provision of aftercare services to the discharged
				recipient to be documented within the Department.
d) When the discharge plan has been completed
				and the recipient is ready for discharge, documentation is necessary to
				indicate the recipient's agreed upon referral according to the following
				categories:
1) Referred for aftercare
				treatment/habilitation services
A) To a
				Department grant agency;
B) To a
				Department organizational unit;
C)
				To a Department purchase care facility;
D) To a non-Department funded
				agency;
E) To a licensed,
				registered, or certified private practitioner;
F) To a Veterans Administration (VA)
				facility;
G) Remanded by the court
				to another setting; or
H)
				Transferred to another state.