SB 3977

Abstract

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop, within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an assessment protocol and training for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders. Requires the Department to make the assessment protocol and training available to all State agencies that contract for or directly provide housing services. Requires the Department to utilize the assessment protocol to train the appropriate staff and screen all residents of facilities operated by the Department who have been prescribed psychotropic medication. Requires the Department to publish on its website a report on the number of facility residents assessed for tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders. Prohibits the Department from publishing medical information specific to a resident that may violate the resident's privacy. Amends the Children and Family Services Act, the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Department of Corrections, and Department of Juvenile Justice to utilize the assessment protocol to train their staff on tardive dyskinesia and other drug-induced involuntary movement disorders and to screen residents of facilities operated by those Departments who have been prescribed psychotropic medication. Effective immediately.