101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0125

 

Introduced 1/29/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/3-802  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-802

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that when the respondent requests a jury on the question of whether he or she is subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis, the jury shall consist of 6 persons, unless either party demands a jury of 12 persons. Provides that a respondent is also entitled (rather than not entitled) to a jury on the question of whether psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered under the Code. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Section 3-802 as
6follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/3-802)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-802)
8    Sec. 3-802. The respondent is entitled to a jury on the
9question of whether he or she is subject to involuntary
10admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis. The jury shall
11consist of 6 persons, unless either party demands a jury of 12
12persons, to be chosen in the same manner as are jurors in other
13civil proceedings. A respondent is also not entitled to a jury
14on the question of whether psychotropic medication or
15electroconvulsive therapy may be administered under Section
162-107.1.
17(Source: P.A. 95-172, eff. 8-14-07; 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10;
1896-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.