Rep. Mike Fortner

Filed: 5/18/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1837

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1837 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Mental Health Court Treatment Act is
5amended by adding Section 40 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 168/40 new)
7    Sec. 40. Mental health court; Kane County.
8    (a) The mental health court currently operating in Kane
9County is directed to demonstrate the impact of alternative
10treatment court, crisis intervention training for first
11responders, and assisted outpatient treatment in reducing the
12number of mentally ill people admitted into the correctional
13system. The mental health court in Kane County is authorized to
14cooperate with one or more accredited mental health service
15providers to provide services to defendants as directed by the
16mental health court. The mental health court in Kane County is

 

 

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1authorized to cooperate with one or more institutions of higher
2education to publish peer-reviewed studies of the outcomes
3generated by the mental health court.
4    (b) In this Section, "accredited mental health service
5provider" refers to a provider of community mental health
6services as authorized by subsection (d-5) of Section 3 of the
7Community Services Act.".