Illinois Administrative Code
Title 59 - MENTAL HEALTH
Part 125 - RECIPIENT DISCHARGE/LINKAGE/AFTERCARE
Subpart B - SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Section 125.50 - Discharge planning
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) During the earliest treatment/habilitation planning activities within a State-operated facility, active consideration must be given to the current and anticipated needs of the recipient. While formal as well as informal planning is conducted with the recipient, the individualized services plan is recorded, as it evolves, in the recipient's record consistent with professional judgment and the provisions set forth in the Code, and Departmental and facility policy. Establishing and maintaining the recipient's record is first and foremost a necessary practice which contributes to planning for and providing the most appropriate services. In addition, recordkeeping establishes the necessary documentation which provides an audit trail which is used for a variety of accountability purposes such as securing facility certification and accreditation, responding to judicial inquiries and the assurance of general public accountability.
b) As the facility related treatment and habilitation goals contained in the individualized services plan come closer to realization, greater attention must be paid to numerous DLA related considerations. Prior to making the decision to discharge and refer a recipient, the recipient's readiness for that move must be assessed as well as the recipient's desire and agreement to participate. In this assessment, consideration must be given, not only to the desires of the recipient and the recommendations of State-operated facility treatment/habilitation staff, but also the desires and recommendations of the recipient's guardian, family, follow-up monitoring staff, community agency staff previously involved with the recipient or likely to provide services after discharge, and staff of other involved State agencies (such as Department of Public Aid, Department of Children and Family Services, State Board of Education and the Department of Corrections).
c) The following general areas must be addressed for all recipients regardless of the aftercare setting to which the recipients may be discharged:
AGENCY NOTE: These recipients can only be released pursuant to the provisions of the Unified Code of Corrections [730 ILCS 5 ]. Further clarification on this subject is found in the publication entitled "Responsibilities of DMHDD for Persons Admitted as Unfit to Stand Trial, To Plead or Be Sentenced in Accordance With Public Act 81-1217", December, 1981.