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405 ILCS 45/1 (2026)

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(405 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1351)
    Sec. 1. Purpose. The Governor shall designate an agency to administer the protection and advocacy system for mentally ill persons, pursuant to the federal Protection and Advocacy of Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986. The agency shall be independent of any agency which provides disability-related services (other than advocacy services), including treatment, rehabilitation, guardianship or habilitation. The agency may receive and expend funds to protect and advocate the rights of mentally ill persons.
(Source: P.A. 85-623.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2003–2004 · leading case: Equip for Equality, Inc. v. Ingalls Mem'l Hosp., 292 F. Supp. 2d 1086 (N.D. Ill. 2003).
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Equip for Equality, Inc. v. Ingalls Mem'l Hosp., 292 F. Supp. 2d 1086 (N.D. Ill. 2003). “405 ILCS 45/1, et seq. The Illinois PAMIP Act empowered the Governor of Illinois to “designate an agency to administer the protection and advocacy system for mentally ill persons, pursuant to the federal [PAIMI Act].”
Equip for Equality, Inc. v. Ingalls Mem'l Hosp., 329 F. Supp. 2d 982 (N.D. Ill. 2004). “, and the Illinois Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons Act, 405 ILCS 45/1, et seq.; (2) as a matter of law, EFE is entitled to reasonable unaccompanied access to the inpatient units and the outpatient units at Ingalls, as well as to the patients and the programs…”
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