Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB0998

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that a "non-clinical service area" includes auditoriums. Provides that permits are not required for the establishment of swing-beds authorized under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, or for the modification of a hospital's bed capacity by 20 or fewer beds (now, 10 beds). Provides that the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is repealed on July 1, 2011 (now, July 1, 2006). Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that whenever a patient refuses mental health or developmental disability services, the physician shall determine and state in writing the reasons why the recipient did not meet the criteria for involuntary treatment (that is, that the services are necessary to prevent the recipient from causing serious and imminent physical harm to the recipient or others and no less restrictive alternative is available) and whether the recipient meets the standard for authorized involuntary treatment under the appropriate provisions of the Code. Provides that if the physician determines that the recipient meets the standard for authorized involuntary treatment, the facility director shall petition the court for authorized involuntary treatment unless it is determined that such a petition is not warranted. Provides that in determining whether a person meets the specified criteria for authorized involuntary treatment, the court may consider evidence of the person's history of serious violence, repeated past pattern of specific behavior, actions related to the person's illness, or past outcomes of various treatment options. Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to conduct annual trainings for clinical personnel on the appropriate use of authorized involuntary treatment. Provides that each facility director of a State-operated mental health facility shall prepare a quarterly report stating the number of persons who were determined to meet the standard for authorized involuntary treatment but for whom it was determined that the filing of such a petition was not warranted; requires DHS to publish an annual report. Provides that a recipient's treatment plan must include a written assessment of whether or not the recipient is in need of psychotropic medications. Effective immediately.

In amendatory provisions concerning refusal of services: (1) requires a physician's determination and statement whenever psychotropic medication is refused at least once that day (instead of whenever services are refused); (2) authorizes a facility director's designee to petition the court for authorized involuntary treatment; (3) provides that amendatory provisions concerning a petition to the court by a facility director or his or her designee apply only to State-operated mental health facilities; and (4) requires training for physicians and registered nurses working in State-operated mental health facilities (instead of for clinical personnel) on the appropriate use of authorized involuntary treatment.

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