"Mental health facility" means any licensed private hospital or hospital affiliate, institution, or facility, or part thereof, and any facility, or part thereof, operated by the State or a political subdivision thereof which provides treatment of persons with mental illness and includes all hospitals, institutions, clinics, evaluation facilities, mental health centers, colleges, universities, long-term care facilities, and nursing homes, or parts thereof, which provide treatment of persons with mental illness whether or not the primary purpose is to provide treatment of persons with mental illness. Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (430 ILCS 65/1.1)
Facilities with Inpatient Mental Health Treatment Programs and Residential Facilities include:
- Hospitals with Inpatient Mental Health Treatment Programs
- Nursing Homes with Inpatient Mental Health Treatment Programs
- Supervised Transitional Residential Programs
- Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility
Facilities with Inpatient Mental Health Treatment Programs are required to report the following:
- Non-Adjudicated Admissions.
- Adjudicated as a person with a mental disability.
- Persons that are determined to be a "Clear and Present Danger." *
- Persons that are determined to have a "Developmental Disability."
- Persons that are determined to have an "Intellectual Disability."
Supervised Transitional Residential programs are required to report the following:
- Admissions of individuals to the supervised transitional residential program.
- Persons that are determined to be a "Clear and Present Danger." *
For additional information on reporting requirements for Physicians, Clinical Psychologists, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, and Qualified Examiners, please see "What to Report" for Physicians, Clinical Psychologists, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, and Qualified Examiners.
For additional information on what to report for inpatient facilities and residential programs, please see "What to Report" for these facilities.
Non-Adjudicated Admissions and Adjudicated Admissions are required to be reported to the FOID Mental Health Reporting website, within 7 days after Admission. (Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act 740 ILCS 110/12(b))
Clear and Present Danger events are required to be reported to the FOID Mental Health Reporting website within 24 hours. Developmentally Disability events are required to be reported within 7 days of the determination. (Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act 740 ILCS 110/12(b))
If you have any questions, concerns or would like to report a person, please follow this link to the Illinois FOID Mental Health Reporting System website https://foid2.dhs.illinois.gov/foidpublic/foid/
Direct questions may be forwarded to DHS.FOID@Illinois.gov
* It is the responsibility of the physician, clinical psychologist, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, or qualified examiner who deems the individual to be a "Clear and Present Danger" to report the individual to the FOID Mental Health Reporting site.
