Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

Filed: 3/26/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2511

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2511 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Suicide Prevention Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Attempted suicide" means any act done with the intent to
8commit suicide and that constitutes a substantial step toward
9commission of suicide.
10    "Mental health services" means planned individualized
11interventions intended to reduce or ameliorate mental illness
12or the effects of mental illness through care, treatment,
13counseling, rehabilitation, medical or psychiatric care, or
14other supports provided to individuals with mental illness for
15the purpose of enabling these individuals to increase their
16self-determination and independence, obtain remunerative

 

 

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1employment, participate fully in all aspects of community life,
2advocate for themselves, and achieve their fullest potential to
3the greatest extent possible.
4    "Mental illness" means a mental or emotional disorder that
5substantially impairs a person's thought, perception of
6reality, emotional process, judgment, behavior, or ability to
7cope with the ordinary demands of life, but does not include a
8developmental disability, dementia or Alzheimer's disease
9absent psychosis, a substance use disorder, or an abnormality
10manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial
11conduct.
12    "Physician", "psychiatrist", "clinical psychologist",
13"clinical professional counselor", and "clinical social
14worker" have the meanings ascribed to them in the Mental Health
15and Developmental Disabilities Code.
16    "Psychiatric nurse" means a registered nurse with a
17master's degree in psychiatric nursing who has 3 years of
18clinical training and experience in the evaluation and
19treatment of mental illness that has been acquired subsequent
20to any training and experience that constituted a part of the
21degree program.
22    "Recipient" means a person who is receiving or has received
23mental health services.
24    "Therapist" means a psychiatrist, physician, clinical
25psychologist, clinical social worker, psychiatric nurse,
26clinical professional counselor, any other person providing

 

 

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1mental health services, or any other person not prohibited by
2law from providing those services or from holding himself or
3herself out as a therapist if the recipient reasonably believes
4that the person is permitted to do so. Therapist includes any
5successor of the therapist.
 
6    Section 10. Suicide prevention. For a person 12 years of
7age or older who is receiving or has received mental health
8services for an attempted suicide, the person's therapist may
9share mental health information with family members, friends,
10or others involved in the recipient's care, if the recipient
11agrees or does not object, and the information is relevant to
12the family member, friend, or caregiver's involvement with the
13recipient's healthcare or the payment for that care. The
14therapist must: (1) ask the recipient's permission to share
15relevant information with family members, friends, or other
16caregivers; (2) tell the recipient he or she plans to discuss
17the information; (3) give the recipient an opportunity to agree
18or object; or may infer from the circumstances, using
19professional judgment, that the recipient does not object; and
20(4) determine that the sharing of relevant information is in
21the recipient's best interest. The family, friends, or
22caregivers may consult with the therapist every 30 days
23following a suicide attempt for the period of one year. The
24period may be extended by the therapist based on need. The
25therapist shall be responsible for consulting with the

 

 

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1designated person about the progress of the person who is
2receiving mental health services toward restoration of mental
3health.
 
4    Section 15. Immunity of therapist from criminal or civil
5liability. Except as otherwise prohibited by the federal Health
6Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, a
7therapist is not criminally or civilly liable for disclosing
8the recipient's therapy or for discussing the progress of the
9recipient toward mental health to a person designated under
10Section 10.
 
11    Section 105. The Mental Health and Developmental
12Disabilities Confidentiality Act is amended by changing
13Section 4 as follows:
 
14    (740 ILCS 110/4)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 804)
15    Sec. 4. (a) The following persons shall be entitled, upon
16request, to inspect and copy a recipient's record or any part
17thereof:
18        (1) the parent or guardian of a recipient who is under
19    12 years of age;
20        (2) the recipient if he is 12 years of age or older;
21        (3) the parent or guardian of a recipient who is at
22    least 12 but under 18 years, if the recipient is informed
23    and does not object or if the therapist does not find that

 

 

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1    there are compelling reasons for denying the access. The
2    parent or guardian who is denied access by either the
3    recipient or the therapist may petition a court for access
4    to the record. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to
5    prohibit the parent or guardian of a recipient who is at
6    least 12 but under 18 years from requesting and receiving
7    the following information: current physical and mental
8    condition, diagnosis, treatment needs, services provided,
9    and services needed, including medication, if any;
10        (4) the guardian of a recipient who is 18 years or
11    older;
12        (5) an attorney or guardian ad litem who represents a
13    minor 12 years of age or older in any judicial or
14    administrative proceeding, provided that the court or
15    administrative hearing officer has entered an order
16    granting the attorney this right;
17        (6) an agent appointed under a recipient's power of
18    attorney for health care or for property, when the power of
19    attorney authorizes the access;
20        (7) an attorney-in-fact appointed under the Mental
21    Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act; or
22        (8) any person in whose care and custody the recipient
23    has been placed pursuant to Section 3-811 of the Mental
24    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code; or
25        (9) any person designated by a therapist under Section
26    10 of the Suicide Prevention Act to be consulted on the

 

 

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1    progress of a recipient of mental health services who has
2    attempted suicide, but only to the extent the information
3    is necessary for the family member, friend, or caregiver's
4    involvement with the recipient's health care or the payment
5    for that care and consistent with the therapist's
6    professional judgment that the consultation is in the
7    recipient's best interest.
8    (b) Assistance in interpreting the record may be provided
9without charge and shall be provided if the person inspecting
10the record is under 18 years of age. However, access may in no
11way be denied or limited if the person inspecting the record
12refuses the assistance. A reasonable fee may be charged for
13duplication of a record. However, when requested to do so in
14writing by any indigent recipient, the custodian of the records
15shall provide at no charge to the recipient, or to the
16Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the agency designated by
17the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for
18Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act or to any other
19not-for-profit agency whose primary purpose is to provide free
20legal services or advocacy for the indigent and who has
21received written authorization from the recipient under
22Section 5 of this Act to receive his records, one copy of any
23records in its possession whose disclosure is authorized under
24this Act.
25    (c) Any person entitled to access to a record under this
26Section may submit a written statement concerning any disputed

 

 

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1or new information, which statement shall be entered into the
2record. Whenever any disputed part of a record is disclosed,
3any submitted statement relating thereto shall accompany the
4disclosed part. Additionally, any person entitled to access may
5request modification of any part of the record which he
6believes is incorrect or misleading. If the request is refused,
7the person may seek a court order to compel modification.
8    (d) Whenever access or modification is requested, the
9request and any action taken thereon shall be noted in the
10recipient's record.
11(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)".