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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 435

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 435 as follows:

 3    on page 1, by inserting between lines 3 and 4 the following:

 4        "Section  3.   The  Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 5    Disabilities  Code  is amended by changing Section 2-107.1 as
 6    follows:

 7        (405 ILCS 5/2-107.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-107.1)
 8        Sec. 2-107.1.  Administration of  authorized  involuntary
 9    treatment upon application to a court.
10        (a)  An  adult  recipient of services and the recipient's
11    guardian, if the recipient is  under  guardianship,  and  the
12    substitute  decision  maker, if any, shall be informed of the
13    recipient's right to refuse medication. The recipient and the
14    recipient's guardian or substitute decision  maker  shall  be
15    given  the  opportunity  to  refuse generally accepted mental
16    health or developmental disability  services,  including  but
17    not limited to medication.
18        (a-5)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2-107 of
19    this   Code,   authorized   involuntary   treatment   may  be
20    administered to an adult recipient of  services  without  the
21    informed   consent  of  the  recipient  under  the  following
 
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 1    standards:
 2             (1)  Any person 18 years of age or older,  including
 3        any guardian, may petition the circuit court for an order
 4        authorizing  the administration of authorized involuntary
 5        treatment to a recipient of services. The petition  shall
 6        state  that  the petitioner has made a good faith attempt
 7        to determine whether the recipient has executed  a  power
 8        of  attorney for health care under the Powers of Attorney
 9        for Health Care Law or a declaration  for  mental  health
10        treatment  under  the  Mental Health Treatment Preference
11        Declaration Act and to obtain copies of these instruments
12        if they exist.  If either of the above-named  instruments
13        is  available to the petitioner, the instrument or a copy
14        of the instrument shall be attached to the petition as an
15        exhibit. The petitioner  shall  deliver  a  copy  of  the
16        petition,  and  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of the
17        hearing, to the respondent,  his  or  her  attorney,  any
18        known   agent   or  attorney-in-fact,  if  any,  and  the
19        guardian, if any, no later than 3 days prior to the  date
20        of the hearing. Service of the petition and notice of the
21        time and place of the hearing may be made by transmitting
22        them  via  facsimile  machine  to the respondent or other
23        party.  Upon receipt of  the  petition  and  notice,  the
24        party  served,  or the person delivering the petition and
25        notice to the party served,  shall  acknowledge  service.
26        If  the  party  sending  the petition and notice does not
27        receive  acknowledgement  of  service  within  24  hours,
28        service must be made by personal service.
29             If the hearing is requested to be  held  immediately
30        following  the  hearing  on  a  petition  for involuntary
31        admission, then the notice requirement shall be the  same
32        as  that  for the hearing on the petition for involuntary
33        admission,  and  the  petition  filed  pursuant  to  this
34        Section shall be filed with the petition for  involuntary
 
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 1        admission.  The  petition  may include a request that the
 2        court authorize such testing and  procedures  as  may  be
 3        essential  for  the  safe and effective administration of
 4        the  authorized  involuntary  treatment  sought   to   be
 5        administered,  but only where the petition sets forth the
 6        specific   testing   and   procedures   sought   to    be
 7        administered.
 8             If  a  hearing  is  requested to be held immediately
 9        following the  hearing  on  a  petition  for  involuntary
10        admission,  then the notice requirement shall be the same
11        as that for the hearing on the petition  for  involuntary
12        admission,  and  the  petition  filed  pursuant  to  this
13        Section  shall be filed with the petition for involuntary
14        admission.
15             (2)  The court shall hold a hearing within 7 days of
16        the filing of the petition.  The People, the  petitioner,
17        or  the  respondent shall be entitled to a continuance of
18        up to 7 days as of right.  An additional  continuance  of
19        not more than 7 days may be granted to any party (i) upon
20        a  showing  that  the  continuance  is needed in order to
21        adequately prepare for or present evidence in  a  hearing
22        under    this   Section   or   (ii)   under   exceptional
23        circumstances.   The  court  may  grant   an   additional
24        continuance   not   to   exceed  21  days  when,  in  its
25        discretion, the court determines that such a  continuance
26        is  necessary  in  order to provide the recipient with an
27        examination pursuant to Section 3-803 or  3-804  of  this
28        Act,  to  provide  the  recipient with a trial by jury as
29        provided in Section 3-802 of this Act, or to arrange  for
30        the  substitution  of  counsel  as  provided  for  by the
31        Illinois  Supreme  Court  Rules.  The  hearing  shall  be
32        separate from a judicial  proceeding  held  to  determine
33        whether  a person is subject to involuntary admission but
34        may be heard immediately preceding or  following  such  a
 
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 1        judicial proceeding and may be heard by the same trier of
 2        fact or law as in that judicial proceeding.
 3             (3)  Unless    otherwise    provided   herein,   the
 4        procedures set forth in Article VIII of Chapter 3 of this
 5        Act, including the provisions  regarding  appointment  of
 6        counsel, shall govern hearings held under this subsection
 7        (a-5).
 8             (4)  Authorized  involuntary  treatment shall not be
 9        administered  to  the  recipient  unless  it   has   been
10        determined  by  clear and convincing evidence that all of
11        the following factors are present:
12                  (A)  That the recipient has  a  serious  mental
13             illness or developmental disability.
14                  (B)  That  because  of  said  mental illness or
15             developmental disability, the recipient exhibits any
16             one of the following: (i) deterioration  of  his  or
17             her  ability  to  function, (ii) suffering, or (iii)
18             threatening behavior.
19                  (C)  That the illness or disability has existed
20             for a period marked by the  continuing  presence  of
21             the   symptoms   set  forth  in  item  (B)  of  this
22             subdivision (4) or the repeated episodic  occurrence
23             of these symptoms.
24                  (D)  That   the   benefits   of  the  treatment
25             outweigh the harm.
26                  (E)  That the recipient lacks the  capacity  to
27             make a reasoned decision about the treatment.
28                  (F)  That  other less restrictive services have
29             been explored and found inappropriate.
30                  (G)  If the petition  seeks  authorization  for
31             testing  and other procedures, that such testing and
32             procedures are essential for the safe and  effective
33             administration of the treatment.
34             (5)  In  no  event  shall an order issued under this
 
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 1        Section be effective for more  than  90  days.  A  second
 2        90-day  period of involuntary treatment may be authorized
 3        pursuant to a hearing that complies  with  the  standards
 4        and  procedures  of  this  subsection  (a-5). Thereafter,
 5        additional 180-day periods of involuntary  treatment  may
 6        be authorized pursuant to the standards and procedures of
 7        this   Section  without  limit.  If  a  new  petition  to
 8        authorize the administration  of  authorized  involuntary
 9        treatment  is  filed  at  least  15  days  prior  to  the
10        expiration  of the prior order, and if any continuance of
11        the  hearing  is  agreed  to  by   the   recipient,   the
12        administration   of   the   treatment   may  continue  in
13        accordance with the prior order pending the completion of
14        a hearing under this Section.
15             (6)  An order issued  under  this  subsection  (a-5)
16        shall  designate the persons authorized to administer the
17        authorized involuntary treatment under the standards  and
18        procedures  of this subsection (a-5). Those persons shall
19        have complete discretion not to administer any  treatment
20        authorized  under  this  Section.  The  order  shall also
21        specify the medications  and  the  anticipated  range  of
22        dosages that have been authorized.
23        (b)  A  guardian  may  be  authorized  to  consent to the
24    administration of  authorized  involuntary  treatment  to  an
25    objecting  recipient  only under the standards and procedures
26    of subsection (a-5).
27        (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
28    a guardian may consent to the  administration  of  authorized
29    involuntary  treatment  to  a  non-objecting  recipient under
30    Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975.
31        (d)  Nothing  in   this   Section   shall   prevent   the
32    administration   of   authorized   involuntary  treatment  to
33    recipients in an emergency under Section 2-107 of this Act.
34        (e)  Notwithstanding  any  of  the  provisions  of   this
 
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 1    Section, authorized involuntary treatment may be administered
 2    pursuant  to  a  power  of attorney for health care under the
 3    Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law or a  declaration  for
 4    mental  health  treatment  under  the Mental Health Treatment
 5    Preference Declaration Act.
 6        (f)  Whenever treatment is ordered under this Section for
 7    a recipient who is confined in a county or municipal jail  or
 8    other  pretrial detention facility awaiting trial on criminal
 9    charges, the clerk of the court must send a copy of the order
10    for treatment to the counsel who represents the recipient  in
11    the criminal proceeding.
12    (Source:  P.A.  90-538,  eff.  12-1-97;  91-726, eff. 6-2-00;
13    91-787, eff. 1-1-01; revised 6-28-00.)"; and

14    on page 1, line 5, by inserting "and adding  Section  3-15-4"
15    after "Section 3-15-3"; and

16    on  page  1,  lines 15, 24, 27, 29, and 31, by inserting "and
17    procedures" after "standards" wherever it appears; and

18    on page 1, line 20, by changing "insure" to "ensure"; and

19    on page 1 lines  26,  30,  and  31,  by  inserting  "juvenile
20    detention" before "facility" wherever it appears; and

21    on  page  2,  line  3, by changing "Jail or facility" to "the
22    jail or juvenile detention facility"; and

23    on page 2,  line  4,  by  inserting  "and  procedures"  after
24    "standards"; and

25    on page 2, by inserting after line 6 the following:

26        "(730 ILCS 5/3-15-4 new)
27        Sec.  3-15-4.   Task  force  on mental health services in
28    municipal jails and lockups.
29        (a)  The  Department  of  Corrections  shall  convene   a
30    special task force to develop and propose model standards for
 
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 1    the  delivery of mental health services and the prevention of
 2    suicides in municipal jails  and  lockups.   The  task  force
 3    shall be composed of no more than 22 members appointed by the
 4    Director of Corrections as follows:
 5             (1)  Not    more   than   8   members   representing
 6        municipalities.
 7             (2)  Not more than 8 members representing  community
 8        mental health service providers and  State  operated  and
 9        private  psychiatric  hospitals, including no more than 3
10        representatives  of  the   Office   of   Mental   Health,
11        Department of Human Services.
12             (3)  Three  members  of the general public, at least
13        one of whom must be a primary consumer of  mental  health
14        services.
15             (4)  Not   more   than   3  representatives  of  the
16        following groups: the National Commission on Correctional
17        Health Care, the American Correctional  Association,  the
18        Joint  Commission  on  the  Accreditation  of Health Care
19        Organizations, the American Association  of  Correctional
20        Psychology, the John Howard Association.
21    The  Director  of  Corrections  shall  in appointing the task
22    force attempt to ensure that the membership on the task force
23    represents the geographic diversity of the State.
24        (b)  The members of the task force  shall  serve  without
25    compensation  and  may  not  receive  reimbursement  for  any
26    expenses  incurred  in  performing their duties as members of
27    the task force.
28        (c)  The  task  force  may,   without   limitation,   (i)
29    determine  what  services and screening should be provided in
30    municipal pre-trial detention facilities  and  what  training
31    and  resources  are  necessary  to provide those services and
32    (ii) recommend changes  in  the  Department's  standards  for
33    municipal jails and lockups.
34        (d)  Before  the  Department acts upon any recommendation
 
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 1    of the task force, the Department must hold a public  hearing
 2    to provide individuals with mental illnesses and their family
 3    members, mental health advocacy organizations, and the public
 4    to  review,  comment  upon,  and  suggest  any changes to the
 5    proposed standards for municipal jails and lockups.
 6        (e)  The task force must submit its recommendations as to
 7    any changes in the standards for municipal jails and  lockups
 8    to the General Assembly by January 15, 2002.

 9        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This Section and Section
10    3-15-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections  take  effect  upon
11    becoming law.".

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