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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Adds persons included within the definition of "person subject to involuntary admission", including: (1) a person with mental illness who, because of the nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is at risk of suffering or continuing to suffer mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is at risk of engaging in dangerous conduct; and (2) a person who has been adjudged to be subject to authorized involuntary treatment and with respect to whom (A) outpatient treatment has been shown to be ineffective because the person is unable or unwilling to comply with his or her treatment plan and (B) inpatient admission is likely to be effective in implementing the person's treatment plan and is otherwise in the person's best interests. Provides that at any time before the conclusion of a hearing on involuntary admission and the entry of the court's findings, a respondent may enter into an agreement to be subject to an order for alternative treatment or care and custody, if certain conditions are met. Provides that an agreed order for care and custody may grant the custodian the authority to admit a respondent to a hospital if the respondent fails to comply with the conditions of the agreed order. Provides that an agreed order for alternative treatment or care and custody does not constitute a finding that the respondent is a person subject to involuntary admission. Provides that a respondent may not be cited for contempt for violating the terms and conditions of his or her agreed order for care and custody. Makes other changes.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that "dangerous conduct" means threatening behavior or conduct that places another individual in reasonable expectation of being harmed (instead of acts or omissions that place the individual or others in risk of harm, including threatening behavior or conduct that places another individual in reasonable expectation of being harmed). Provides that a "person subject to involuntary admission" includes a person with mental illness who, if not treated, is reasonably expected to suffer or continue to suffer (instead of at risk of suffering or continuing to suffer) mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is reasonably expected to engage in dangerous conduct (instead of at risk of engaging in dangerous conduct). Deletes a provision that a "person subject to involuntary admission" includes a person who has been adjudged to be subject to authorized involuntary treatment and with respect to whom (i) outpatient treatment has been shown to be ineffective and (ii) inpatient admission is likely to be effective in implementing the person's treatment plan.
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