Illinois § 4

§ 4.

Supervision of facilities and services; quarterly reports. (a) To exercise executive and administrative supervision over all facilities, divisions, programs and services now existing or hereafter acquired or created under the jurisdiction of the Department, including, but not limited to, the following: The Alton Mental Health Center, at Alton The Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, at Anna The Chester Mental Health Center, at Chester The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, at Chicago The Elgin Mental Health Center, at Elgin The Metropolitan Children and Adolescents Center, at Chicago The Jacksonville Developmental Center, at Jacksonville The Governor Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center, at Kankakee The Tinley Park Mental Health Center, at Tinley Park The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center, at Centralia The Jack Mabley Developmental Center, at Dixon The Lincoln Developmental Center, at Lincoln The H. Douglas Singer Mental Health and Developmental Center, at Rockford The John J. Madden Mental Health Center, at Chicago The George A. Zeller Mental Health Center, at Peoria The Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health Center, at Springfield The Adolf Meyer Mental Health Center, at Decatur The William W. Fox Developmental Center, at Dwight The Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center, at Park Forest The William A. Howe Developmental Center, at Tinley Park The Ann M. Kiley Developmental Center, at Waukegan. (b) Beginning not later than July 1, 1977, the Department shall cause each of the facilities under its jurisdiction which provide in-patient care to comply with standards, rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health prescribed under Section 6.05 of the Hospital Licensing Act. (b-5) The Department shall cause each of the facilities under its jurisdiction that provide in-patient care to comply with Section 6.25 of the Hospital Licensing Act. (c) The Department shall issue quarterly electronic reports to the General Assembly on admissions, deflections, discharges, bed closures, staff-resident ratios, census, average length of stay, and any adverse federal certification or accreditation findings, if any, for each State-operated facility for the mentally ill and for persons with developmental disabilities. The quarterly reports shall be issued by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year. The quarterly reports shall include the following information for each facility reflecting the period ending 15 days prior to the submission of the report: (1) the number of employees; (2) the number of workplace violence incidents that occurred, including the number that were a direct assault on employees by residents and the number that resulted from staff intervention in a resident altercation or other form of injurious behavior; (3) the number of employees impacted in each incident; and (4) the number of employee injuries resulting, descriptions of the nature of the injuries, the number of employee injuries requiring medical treatment at the facility, the number of employee injuries requiring outside medical treatment, and the number of days off work per injury. (d) The requirements in subsection (c) do not relieve the Department from the recordkeeping requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. (e) The Department shall: (1) establish a reasonable procedure for employees to report work-related assaults and injuries. A procedure is not reasonable if it would deter or discourage a reasonable employee from accurately reporting a workplace assault or injury; (2) inform each employee: (A) of the procedure for reporting work-related assaults and injuries; (B) of the right to report work-related assaults and injuries; and (C) that the Department is prohibited from discharging or in any manner discriminating against employees for reporting work-related assaults and injuries; and (3) not discharge, discipline, or in any manner discriminate against any employee for reporting a work-related assault or injury. (Source: P.A. 103-881, eff. 1-1-25.)