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HB 3078

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by J.B. Akers and 9 co-sponsors

HB 3078 strengthens DHS OIG oversight and allows broader sharing of investigative data with DFPR to boost accountability in mental-health and disability services.

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Bill Summary · HB 3078

Summary — HB 3078 (Public Act 104‑0270)

Effective date: August 15, 2025
Public Act No.: 104‑0270

Overview / Purpose

HB 3078 makes multiple changes across Illinois mental‑health and disability statutes. Major themes are strengthening and clarifying the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) oversight within the Department of Human Services (DHS), adjusting program responsibilities for rehabilitation/education services for people who are blind or DeafBlind, expanding eligibility for early intervention services, updating who may conduct certain mental‑health determinations, amending confidentiality/consent procedural rules, and repealing obsolete tax/checkoff provisions.

Key provisions (by topic)

  • Department of Human Services / Office of Inspector General

    • Revises and expands definitions used by the DHS OIG (e.g., “egregious neglect,” “material obstruction,” “deflection,” categories of abuse and neglect).
    • Limits release of death reports that contain no allegation of abuse or neglect: such reports are to be released only to the Secretary of Human Services and to the facility/agency director when the OIG makes a recommendation.
    • Permits sharing of unredacted investigative reports and raw data with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR) under defined circumstances:
    • House Amendment 002 clarifies that unredacted reports and raw data may be shared with DFPR when there is a substantiated finding against a DFPR‑licensed person within the OIG’s jurisdiction (upon written request).
    • The OIG may also provide unfounded or unsubstantiated investigative or death reports and raw data to DFPR (upon written request) if the OIG found credible evidence of neglect by a DFPR‑licensed person who is not within the OIG’s jurisdiction.
    • Clarifies when an employee may (or may not) be placed on the Illinois Health Care Worker Registry in relation to OIG investigations and union/constitutional rights.

  • Rehabilitation / Education for Blind, Visually Impaired, DeafBlind

    • DHS is required to operate and maintain an Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education–Wood for education of individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or DeafBlind who are seeking competitive integrated employment.
    • Conforming change made to the School Code to reflect this responsibility.

  • Community‑Integrated Living Arrangements (CILA)

    • Removes references concerning operation of CILAs for supervision of persons with mental illness (statutory role for these arrangements updated/clarified).

  • Early Intervention Services

    • Extends early intervention services to children who have been found eligible for early childhood special education under IDEA and who have an individualized education program (IEP).

  • Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code / Examiners

    • Adds physician assistants to the list of medical professionals considered “qualified examiners.”
    • Adds advanced practice psychiatric nurses to multiple provisions authorizing medical professionals to make mental‑health determinations (conforming changes to related statutes, including the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act where applicable).

  • Confidentiality / Consent

    • Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to remove the requirement that a person witness the signing of a consent form.

  • Repeals

    • Removes statutory provisions referencing the Autism Research Checkoff Fund from the DHS Act, State Finance Act, and Illinois Income Tax Act.

Who is affected

  • Individuals receiving mental‑health or developmental‑disability services in DHS‑operated, licensed, funded, or certified facilities/agencies.
  • DHS Office of Inspector General operations and reporting practices.
  • Health care and other employees, contractors, volunteers at DHS facilities and community agencies.
  • People licensed by DFPR who are subjects of OIG investigations (and DFPR’s investigatory access to OIG records).
  • Children eligible for early childhood special education and their families (expanded early intervention coverage).
  • Individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or DeafBlind seeking vocational rehabilitation/education services.
  • Entities and taxpayers previously connected to the Autism Research Checkoff Fund (fund/checkoff language repealed).

Legislative / procedural history

  • Filed: February 20, 2025 (introduced by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly).
  • Passed both houses (Third Reading Passed May 31, 2025).
  • Sent to Governor: June 24, 2025.
  • Governor approved: August 15, 2025.
  • Effective date: August 15, 2025 (Public Act 104‑0270).
  • House Amendments 001 and 002 adjusted OIG and report‑sharing language (House Amendment 002 clarifies DFPR sharing rules and conditions).

Potential impact / notes

  • Strengthens OIG definitions and reporting rules intended to protect service recipients and to clarify investigatory outcomes and data‑sharing with DFPR.
  • Expands professional categories able to perform certain mental‑health examinations, which may affect intake, detention, or civil‑commitment procedures.
  • Extending early intervention to children with IDEA IEPs could increase service access for eligible children.
  • Establishing/maintaining the Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education–Wood centralizes DHS responsibility for vocational education for certain visually impaired/DeafBlind individuals seeking competitive employment.
  • Repeal of the Autism Research Checkoff Fund removes the tax checkoff mechanism (administrative and funding implications).

If you want, I can extract and summarize the specific statutory text changes for any single section (e.g., the OIG sharing rules, the qualified‑examiner list, or the early intervention amendment).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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