97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2936

 

Introduced 2/23/2011___________, by

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/3-811  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-811
405 ILCS 5/3-909  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-909

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a transferring facility remains subject to the federal Emergency Medical Transport and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) when implementing a court order for the involuntary admission of a person on an inpatient basis or a court order for the transfer of a mental health patient to an alternative facility or program of alternative treatment. Requires a transferring facility to satisfy certain duties prior to implementing the order and in addition to those duties provided under the EMTALA. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Code is amended by changing Sections 3-811 and
63-909 as follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/3-811)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-811)
8    Sec. 3-811. Involuntary admission; alternative mental
9health facilities.
10    (a) If any person is found subject to involuntary admission
11on an inpatient basis, the court shall consider alternative
12mental health facilities which are appropriate for and
13available to the respondent, including but not limited to
14hospitalization. The court may order the respondent to undergo
15a program of hospitalization in a mental health facility
16designated by the Department, in a licensed private hospital or
17private mental health facility if it agrees, or in a facility
18of the United States Veterans Administration if it agrees. If
19any person is found subject to involuntary admission on an
20outpatient basis, the court may order the respondent to undergo
21a program of alternative treatment; or the court may place the
22respondent in the care and custody of a relative or other
23person willing and able to properly care for him or her. The

 

 

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1court shall order the least restrictive alternative for
2treatment which is appropriate.
3    (b) Whenever a person is found subject to involuntary
4admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis, notice shall be
5provided to the petitioner, orally and in writing, of his or
6her right to receive notice of the recipient's discharge
7pursuant to Section 3-902(d).
8    (c) An order that a person is found subject to involuntary
9admission on an inpatient basis does not eliminate any
10obligations under the federal Emergency Medical Transport and
11Active Labor Act (EMTALA) of the transferring facility toward
12the receiving facility. In addition to the obligations under
13EMTALA, before implementing an order, the transferring
14facility shall notify the receiving facility of the recipient,
15obtain medical clearance for the recipient, and ensure that the
16receiving facility is able to manage the transferred recipient.
17(Source: P.A. 96-570, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10;
1896-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
19    (405 ILCS 5/3-909)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-909)
20    Sec. 3-909. Alternative treatment. Any recipient
21hospitalized or admitted to alternative treatment or care and
22custody under Article VIII of this Chapter may at any time
23petition the court for transfer to a different facility or
24program of alternative treatment, to care and custody, or to
25the care and custody of a different person. His attorney,

 

 

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1guardian, custodian, or responsible relative may file such a
2petition on his behalf. If the recipient is in a private
3facility, the facility may also petition for transfer.
4Recipients in private facilities or United States Veterans
5Administration facilities may petition for transfer to a mental
6health facility designated by the Department. Recipients may
7petition for transfer to a program of alternative treatment, or
8to care and custody. Recipients in private facilities may also
9petition for transfer to United States Veterans Administration
10facilities. Recipients in United States Veterans
11Administration facilities may also petition for transfer to
12private facilities. Recipients in Department facilities may
13petition for transfer to a private mental health facility, a
14United States Veterans Administration facility, a program of
15alternative treatment, or to care and custody. Admission to a
16United States Veterans Administration facility shall be
17governed by Article X of this Chapter 3. No transfers between
18Department facilities or between units of the same facility may
19be ordered under this Section. An order for hospitalization
20shall not be entered under this Section if the original order
21did not authorize hospitalization unless a hearing is held
22pursuant to Article VIII of this Chapter. An order of transfer
23entered under this Section does not eliminate any obligations
24under the federal Emergency Medical Transport and Active Labor
25Act (EMTALA) of the transferring facility toward the receiving
26facility. In addition to the obligations under EMTALA, before

 

 

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1implementing an order of transfer, the transferring facility
2shall notify the receiving facility of the recipient, obtain
3medical clearance for the recipient, and ensure that the
4receiving facility is able to manage the transferred recipient.
5(Source: P.A. 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.