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 1        AN ACT concerning mental health.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.  The   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 5    Disabilities  Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
 6    12.2 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 1705/12.2 new)
 8        Sec. 12.2.  Mental Health Commitment Training.
 9        (a)  The Department shall develop and present annually at
10    least one  training  event  for  judges,  state's  attorneys,
11    public   defenders,   private   attorneys,   law  enforcement
12    personnel, hospital and community agency  personnel,  persons
13    with   mental   illness,  physicians,  psychologists,  social
14    workers, emergency room  personnel,  and  other  health  care
15    personnel  regarding  mental illness, the standards for civil
16    commitment    and    involuntary    treatment,     completing
17    documentation,   and   changes   in  the  Mental  Health  and
18    Developmental  Disabilities  Code  and  Mental   Health   and
19    Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.
20        (b)  The Department may provide multiple training events,
21    regional training events, and training events by professional
22    discipline.  The  materials developed for the training events
23    shall be made available  on  the  Department's  website.  The
24    Department  shall  develop  this training in cooperation with
25    the  Administrative  Office  of  the  Illinois  Courts,   bar
26    associations,  the  Illinois  Law  Enforcement  Standards and
27    Training   Board,   appropriate    statewide    organizations
28    representing    health    care    providers,    organizations
29    representing  or  advocating for persons with mental illness,
30    and  any  appropriate  statewide  organization  of   licensed
31    professionals.
 
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 1        (c)  The  Department  shall annually report on the number
 2    of persons attending the training events.

 3        Section 99.  Effective date. This Act takes  effect  upon
 4    becoming law.