Article 190 - Agreements For Mental Health Services For Township Residents - Illinois Statutes

      (60 ILCS 1/Art. 190 heading)ARTICLE 190. AGREEMENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS

(60 ILCS 1/190‑5)     Sec. 190‑5. Agreements with community mental health board. The township board may enter into contractual agreements with a community mental health board having jurisdiction within the township. The agreements shall be written and shall provide for the rendition of services by the community mental health board to the residents of the township. For this purpose, the township board may expend its funds and any funds made available to it through the federal State and Local Assistance Act of 1972. (Source: P.A. 82‑783; 88‑62.)

(60 ILCS 1/190‑10)     Sec. 190‑10. Mental health services. If a township is not included in a mental health district organized under the Community Mental Health Act, the township board may provide mental health services (including services for the alcoholic, the drug addicted, and the mentally retarded) for residents of the township by disbursing funds, pursuant to an appropriation, to mental health agencies approved by the Department of Human Services, alcoholism treatment programs licensed by the Department of Public Health, drug abuse facilities approved by the Department of Human Services, and other alcoholism and drug abuse services approved by the Department of Human Services. To be eligible for township funds disbursed under this Section, an agency, program, facility, or other service provider must have been in existence for more than one year and serve the township area. (Source: P.A. 88‑62; 89‑507, eff. 7‑1‑97.)