Illinois Administrative Code › Title 59 - MENTAL HEALTH › Part 125 - RECIPIENT DISCHARGE/LINKAGE/AFTERCARE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 125.15 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
For purposes of this Part, the following terms are
				  defined:
"Aftercare." The continuation of needed care and services of
				  a recipient discharged from a state-operated facility within an appropriate
				  setting with individualized follow-up services.
"Case coordination." The provision of assistance and advocacy
				  services to a recipient for the purpose of assuring and/or coordinating the
				  provision of necessary services and support.
"Code." The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code
				  [405 ILCS 5 ].
"Community agency/facility." A locally-operated organization
				  which provides treatment/habilitation services to persons who are dysfunctional
				  due to mental illness, developmental disability or alcohol abuse. An
				  agency/facility may have an agreement with the Department to provide services
				  in consideration of payment through a grant or purchase care funding mechanism.
				  A grant funded agency must be in compliance with Grants (59 Ill. Adm. Code 103)
				  and report its activities through the extramural information reporting
				  system.
"Department." The Department of Human Services.
"Individualized services plan." A written plan for persons
				  who are dysfunctional due to mental illness, developmental disability or
				  alcohol abuse. This plan includes an assessment of the recipient's
				  treatment/habilitation needs, a description of the services recommended for
				  treatment/ habilitation, the goals of each type of the element of service, the
				  role of the family in the implementation of the plan, when indicated, an
				  anticipated timetable for the accomplishment of the goals, and the name of the
				  person or persons responsible for the implementation of the plan (Sections
				  3-209 and 4-309 of the Code [405 ILCS 5/3-209 and 4 -309]).
"Licensed long-term care facility." A private home,
				  institution, building, residence, or other place as defined by the Nursing Home
				  Care Act [210 ILCS 45 ] whether operated for profit or not; a county home for
				  the infirm and chronically ill which provides personal care, sheltered care, or
				  nursing for three or more persons not related to the applicant or owner by
				  blood or marriage; or an out-of-state facility meeting Illinois standards.
				  Facilities included are those that are licensed by the Department of Public
				  Health for skilled nursing, skilled/pediatric nursing, intermediate care,
				  intermediate care for the developmentally disabled (ICF/DD), intermediate care
				  for the developmentally disabled with 15 beds and under, sheltered care, and
				  facilities for individuals under age 22.
"Linkage." Person to person contact between a recipient being
				  discharged from a State-operated facility and the staff of a community
				  agency/facility which has agreed to provide necessary aftercare services
				  following the recipient's discharge. Linkage may include, but is not limited
				  to, the recipient's pre-discharge visit to the receiving agency/facility; the
				  receiving agency/facility pre-discharge visit with the recipient at a
				  State-operated facility; and/or post discharge initiation of service
				  delivery.
"Mandated follow-up." The statutorily-required monitoring of
				  recipients placed by the Department in licensed long-term care facilities
				  utilizing on-site visits to the facility for the purpose of observing the
				  health, well-being and adjustment of the recipient as well as the
				  appropriateness of the services and the suitability of the facility. This
				  monitoring activity must be provided for twelve months following placement,
				  including weekly visits during the first month, or for longer periods as
				  required (see Section 15 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
				  Administrative Act [20 ILCS
				  1705/15 ]).
"Placement." The act of Departmental staff, based upon the
				  finalization of appropriate plans for discharge, linkage, and aftercare, in
				  securing residential services in a licensed long-term care facility for a
				  recipient discharged from a state-operated facility for whom Sections 15, 15a,
				  15b, and 16 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative
				  Act [20 ILCS 1705/15, 15 a, 15b and 16] mandates follow-up monitoring
				  services.
"Recipient of services" or "recipient." A person who has
				  received or is receiving treatment or habilitation (Section 1-123 of the Code
				  [405 ILCS
				  5/1-123 ]).
"State-operated facility." A mental health and/or
				  developmental center operated by the State of Illinois, under the jurisdiction
				  of the Department, which provides treatment/habilitation services for
				  recipients who are mentally ill, developmentally disabled or those alcohol
				  abusers who are a danger to themselves or others.
"Termination." The formal discontinuance of mandated
				  follow-up monitoring of recipients placed in licensed long-term card facilities
				  and/or the discontinuance of case coordination for recipients who were
				  previously served in state-operated facilities.