103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1915

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/3-100  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-100
405 ILCS 5/3-811  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-811

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction over persons who are: (1) subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis; (2) subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis; or (3) in need of treatment by psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy. Provides that no respondent who has pending felony charges may be ordered to undergo a program of hospitalization in a mental health facility operated by the Department of Human Services unless the Department agrees to the program of hospitalization.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 3-100 and
63-811 as follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/3-100)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-100)
8    Sec. 3-100. The circuit court has jurisdiction under this
9Chapter over persons not charged with a felony who are:
10    (1) subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis
11as defined in Section 1-119;
12    (2) subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient
13basis as defined in Section 1-119.1; or
14    (3) in need of treatment under Section 2-107.1. Inmates of
15penal institutions shall not be considered as charged with a
16felony within the meaning of this Chapter. Court proceedings
17under Article VIII of this Chapter may be instituted as to any
18such inmate at any time within 90 days prior to discharge of
19such inmate by expiration of sentence or otherwise, and if
20such inmate is found to be subject to involuntary admission,
21the order of the court ordering hospitalization or other
22disposition shall become effective at the time of discharge of
23the inmate from penal custody. The circuit court has

 

 

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1jurisdiction over all persons alleged to be in need of
2treatment under Section 2-107.1 of this Code, whether or not
3they are charged with a felony.
4(Source: P.A. 99-179, eff. 7-29-15.)
 
5    (405 ILCS 5/3-811)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-811)
6    Sec. 3-811. Involuntary admission; alternative mental
7health facilities.
8    (a) If any person is found subject to involuntary
9admission on an inpatient basis, the court shall consider
10alternative mental health facilities which are appropriate for
11and available to the respondent, including but not limited to
12hospitalization. The court may order the respondent to undergo
13a program of hospitalization in a mental health facility
14designated by the Department, in a licensed private hospital
15or private mental health facility if it agrees, or in a
16facility of the United States Veterans Administration if it
17agrees. If any person is found subject to involuntary
18admission on an outpatient basis, the court may order the
19respondent to undergo a program of alternative treatment; or
20the court may place the respondent in the care and custody of a
21relative or other person willing and able to properly care for
22him or her. The court shall order the least restrictive
23alternative for treatment which is appropriate. Except as
24provided in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, no
25respondent who has pending felony charges may be ordered to

 

 

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1undergo a program of hospitalization in a mental health
2facility operated by the Department unless the Department
3agrees to the program of hospitalization.
4    (b) Whenever a person is found subject to involuntary
5admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis, notice shall be
6provided to the petitioner, orally and in writing, of his or
7her right to receive notice of the recipient's discharge
8pursuant to Section 3-902(d).
9    (c) An order that a person is found subject to involuntary
10admission on an inpatient basis does not eliminate any
11obligations under the federal Emergency Medical Transport and
12Active Labor Act (EMTALA) of the transferring facility toward
13the receiving facility. Before implementing an order, the
14transferring facility shall notify the receiving facility of
15the recipient and obtain medical clearance for the recipient.
16(Source: P.A. 96-570, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10;
1796-1453, eff. 8-20-10; 97-130, eff. 7-14-11.)