(50 ILCS 754/15)

Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Chemical restraint" means any drug used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms.

"Community services" and "community-based mental or behavioral health services" include both public and private settings.

"Division of Mental Health" means the Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services.

"Emergency" means an emergent circumstance caused by a health condition, regardless of whether it is perceived as physical, mental, or behavioral in nature, for which an individual may require prompt care, support, or assessment at the individual's location.

"Mental or behavioral health" means any health condition involving changes in thinking, emotion, or behavior, and that the medical community treats as distinct from physical health care.

"Mobile mental health relief provider" means a person engaging with a member of the public to provide the mobile mental and behavioral service established in conjunction with the Division of Mental Health establishing the 9-8-8 emergency number. "Mobile mental health relief provider" does not include a Paramedic (EMT-P) or EMT, as those terms are defined in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, unless that responding agency has agreed to provide a specialized response in accordance with the Division of Mental Health's services offered through its 9-8-8 number and has met all the requirements to offer that service through that system.

"Physical health" means a health condition that the medical community treats as distinct from mental or behavioral health care.

"Physical restraint" means any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to an individual's body that the individual cannot easily remove and restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one's body. "Physical restraint" does not include a seat belt if it is used during transportation of an individual and the individual has access to the mechanism that releases the seat belt.

"Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means the primary answering location of an emergency call that meets the appropriate standards of service and is responsible for receiving and processing those calls and events according to a specified operational policy.

"Treatment relationship" means an active association with a mental or behavioral care provider able to respond in an appropriate amount of time to requests for care.

(Source: P.A. 103-105, eff. 6-27-23; 104-155, eff. 8-1-25.)