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A bill preserving the results successful referendums last year creating community mental health boards in several suburban communities has passed the Illinois House and now awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature.
Mental health funding that voters approved last year would be saved from a do-over after Illinois lawmakers voted to validate multiple referendums despite concerns that ballots were improperly written. The measure would uphold referendums held by five suburban townships and Will County that created mental health boards to levy taxes for mental health programs. “We’ve seen the value residents ...
State legislators say a fix is on the way that would spare several townships and one county from redoing successful referendums last year that created new community mental health boards.
Suburban townships where voters backed referendums last year to create community mental health boards now are trying to decide what to do with an apparent flaw in the language of those ballot measures: Try again in 2024, or wait for the state legislature to sort it out?
A bill signed into law Friday will allow the Sangamon County Board to form, manage, fund, and operate the rescue squad.