97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3140

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police may petition to revoke a Firearm Owner's Identification Card if the Department finds that the card holder is, or was at the time of issuance, a person whose mental condition was determined, following a complete evaluation by a psychiatrist or a physician pursuant to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, to pose a clear and present danger to the card holder, another person, or the community, (instead of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card may be revoked if the Department finds that the card holder is or was at the time of issuance, a person whose mental condition poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, others, or the community based upon a reasonable belief by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner). Provides that a revocation petition is heard in the circuit court in the card holder's county of residence. Provides that the State's Attorney may participate in the hearing, present evidence, and take a position on the petition. Provides that the court may revoke the card if it finds that substantial justice would be done by a revocation and the card holder is a person whose mental condition poses a clear and present danger to the card holder, others, or the community. Provides that the circuit court's decision is subject to appeal under the Code of Civil Procedure (instead of the card holder appealing the Department's revocation of the card is subject to administrative review in the circuit court). Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. In provisions concerning disclosure of mental health records to the State Police, provides that a mental health facility may disclose to the State Police records about a person whose mental condition is manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening, or assaultive behavior, for which there is a reasonable belief following a complete evaluation (instead of reasonable belief) by a psychiatrist or a physician, (instead of by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner) that the person poses a clear and present or imminent danger to the card holder, others, or the community. Makes other changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Section 8 and by adding Sections 8.3 and
610.1 as follows:
 
7    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
8    Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
9deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
10Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
11only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
12to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
13    (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
14of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
15delinquent;
16    (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
17written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
18possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
19guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
20or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
21Identification Card;
22    (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
23or any other jurisdiction;

 

 

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1    (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
2    (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
3within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
4defective;
5    (f) (Blank); A person whose mental condition is of such a
6nature that it poses a clear and present danger to the
7applicant, any other person or persons or the community;
8    For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
9a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
10assaultive behavior.
11    (g) A person who is mentally retarded;
12    (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
13the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
14    (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
15under the laws of the United States;
16    (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
17under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
18101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
191101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
20to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
21States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
22        (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
23    sporting purposes;
24        (2) an official representative of a foreign government
25    who is:
26            (A) accredited to the United States Government or

 

 

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1        the Government's mission to an international
2        organization having its headquarters in the United
3        States; or
4            (B) en route to or from another country to which
5        that alien is accredited;
6        (3) an official of a foreign government or
7    distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by
8    the Department of State;
9        (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
10    foreign government entering the United States on official
11    business; or
12        (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
13    General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
14    922(y)(3);
15    (j) (Blank);
16    (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
17of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
18of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
19jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
20    (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery or
21a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
22committed on or after January 1, 1998;
23    (m) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
24of domestic battery or a substantially similar offense in
25another jurisdiction committed before January 1, 1998;
26    (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing

 

 

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1firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
2by federal law;
3    (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
4of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
5delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
6committed by an adult would be a felony; or
7    (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor
8under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
9offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
10(Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08; 96-701, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
11    (430 ILCS 65/8.3 new)
12    Sec. 8.3. Mental condition revocation.
13    (a) The Department of State Police has the authority to
14petition for the revocation of a Firearm Owner's Identification
15Card previously issued under this Act if the Department finds
16that the person to whom such card was issued is or was at the
17time of issuance a person whose mental condition is determined,
18following a complete evaluation by a psychiatrist or a
19physician pursuant to item (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12
20of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
21Confidentiality Act, to be of such a nature that it poses a
22clear and present danger to the card holder, any other person
23or persons, or the community.
24    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition"
25means a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal,

 

 

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1threatening, or assaultive behavior.
 
2    (430 ILCS 65/10.1 new)
3    Sec. 10.1. Firearm owner's identification card revocation
4process; mental condition.
5    (a) Whenever the Department petitions for the revocation of
6a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under Section 8.3, a
7hearing upon the Department's petition shall be held in the
8circuit court in the county of residence of the card holder
9whose Firearm Owner's Identification Card is the subject of the
10petition.
11    (b) At least 30 days before any hearing in the circuit
12court, the Department shall serve the holder of the Firearm
13Owner's Identification Card and the relevant State's Attorney
14with a copy of the petition for revocation. The Department
15shall proceed on its petition before the court and the holder
16of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card may respond.
17Additionally, the State's Attorney may participate in the
18hearing, present evidence, and take a position on the petition.
19At the hearing the court shall determine whether substantial
20justice would be done by revoking the card holder's card and
21whether the card holder is a person whose mental condition is
22of such a nature that it poses a clear and present danger to
23the card holder, any other person or persons, or the community.
24    (c) A circuit court decision entered pursuant to this
25Section shall be subject to appeal under the provisions of the

 

 

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1Code of Civil Procedure.
 
2    Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental
3Disabilities Confidentiality Act is amended by changing
4Section 12 as follows:
 
5    (740 ILCS 110/12)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 812)
6    Sec. 12. (a) If the United States Secret Service or the
7Department of State Police requests information from a mental
8health or developmental disability facility, as defined in
9Section 1-107 and 1-114 of the Mental Health and Developmental
10Disabilities Code, relating to a specific recipient and the
11facility director determines that disclosure of such
12information may be necessary to protect the life of, or to
13prevent the infliction of great bodily harm to, a public
14official, or a person under the protection of the United States
15Secret Service, only the following information may be
16disclosed: the recipient's name, address, and age and the date
17of any admission to or discharge from a facility; and any
18information which would indicate whether or not the recipient
19has a history of violence or presents a danger of violence to
20the person under protection. Any information so disclosed shall
21be used for investigative purposes only and shall not be
22publicly disseminated. Any person participating in good faith
23in the disclosure of such information in accordance with this
24provision shall have immunity from any liability, civil,

 

 

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1criminal or otherwise, if such information is disclosed relying
2upon the representation of an officer of the United States
3Secret Service or the Department of State Police that a person
4is under the protection of the United States Secret Service or
5is a public official.
6    For the purpose of this subsection (a), the term "public
7official" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
8General, Secretary of State, State Comptroller, State
9Treasurer, member of the General Assembly, member of the United
10States Congress, Judge of the United States as defined in 28
11U.S.C. 451, Justice of the United States as defined in 28
12U.S.C. 451, United States Magistrate Judge as defined in 28
13U.S.C. 639, Bankruptcy Judge appointed under 28 U.S.C. 152, or
14Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, or Associate Judge of the State of
15Illinois. The term shall also include the spouse, child or
16children of a public official.
17    (b) The Department of Human Services (acting as successor
18to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
19Disabilities) and all public or private hospitals and mental
20health facilities are required, as hereafter described in this
21subsection, to furnish the Department of State Police only such
22information as may be required for the sole purpose of
23determining whether an individual who may be or may have been a
24patient is disqualified because of that status from receiving
25or retaining a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
26subsection (e) or (f) of Section 8 of the Firearm Owners

 

 

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1Identification Card Act or 18 U.S.C. 922(g) and (n). All public
2or private hospitals and mental health facilities shall, in the
3form and manner required by the Department, provide such
4information as shall be necessary for the Department to comply
5with the reporting requirements to the Department of State
6Police. Such information shall be furnished within 7 days after
7admission to a public or private hospital or mental health
8facility or the provision of services to a patient described in
9clause (2) of this subsection (b). Any such information
10disclosed under this subsection shall remain privileged and
11confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, except as required
12by clause (e)(2) of Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners
13Identification Card Act, nor utilized for any other purpose.
14The method of requiring the providing of such information shall
15guarantee that no information is released beyond what is
16necessary for this purpose. In addition, the information
17disclosed shall be provided by the Department within the time
18period established by Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
19regarding the delivery of firearms. The method used shall be
20sufficient to provide the necessary information within the
21prescribed time period, which may include periodically
22providing lists to the Department of Human Services or any
23public or private hospital or mental health facility of Firearm
24Owner's Identification Card applicants on which the Department
25or hospital shall indicate the identities of those individuals
26who are to its knowledge disqualified from having a Firearm

 

 

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1Owner's Identification Card for reasons described herein. The
2Department may provide for a centralized source of information
3for the State on this subject under its jurisdiction.
4    Any person, institution, or agency, under this Act,
5participating in good faith in the reporting or disclosure of
6records and communications otherwise in accordance with this
7provision or with rules, regulations or guidelines issued by
8the Department shall have immunity from any liability, civil,
9criminal or otherwise, that might result by reason of the
10action. For the purpose of any proceeding, civil or criminal,
11arising out of a report or disclosure in accordance with this
12provision, the good faith of any person, institution, or agency
13so reporting or disclosing shall be presumed. The full extent
14of the immunity provided in this subsection (b) shall apply to
15any person, institution or agency that fails to make a report
16or disclosure in the good faith belief that the report or
17disclosure would violate federal regulations governing the
18confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records
19implementing 42 U.S.C. 290dd-3 and 290ee-3.
20    For purposes of this subsection (b) only, the following
21terms shall have the meaning prescribed:
22        (1) "Hospital" means only that type of institution
23    which is providing full-time residential facilities and
24    treatment.
25        (2) "Patient" shall include only: (i) a person who is
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1    or mental health facility or (ii) a person who is an
2    out-patient or provided services by a public or private
3    hospital or mental health facility whose mental condition
4    is of such a nature that it is manifested by violent,
5    suicidal, threatening, or assaultive behavior or reported
6    behavior, for which there is a reasonable belief following
7    a complete evaluation by a psychiatrist or a physician,
8    clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner that the
9    condition poses a clear and present or imminent danger to
10    the patient, any other person or the community meaning the
11    patient's condition poses a clear and present danger in
12    accordance with subsection (f) of Section 8 of the Firearm
13    Owners Identification Card Act. The terms physician and
14    psychiatrist , clinical psychologist, and qualified
15    examiner are defined in Sections 1-120 and 1-121 , 1-103,
16    and 1-122 of the Mental Health and Developmental
17    Disabilities Code.
18        (3) "Mental health facility" is defined by Section
19    1-114 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
20    Code.
21    (c) Upon the request of a peace officer who takes a person
22into custody and transports such person to a mental health or
23developmental disability facility pursuant to Section 3-606 or
244-404 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code
25or who transports a person from such facility, a facility
26director shall furnish said peace officer the name, address,

 

 

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1age and name of the nearest relative of the person transported
2to or from the mental health or developmental disability
3facility. In no case shall the facility director disclose to
4the peace officer any information relating to the diagnosis,
5treatment or evaluation of the person's mental or physical
6health.
7    For the purposes of this subsection (c), the terms "mental
8health or developmental disability facility", "peace officer"
9and "facility director" shall have the meanings ascribed to
10them in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
11    (d) Upon the request of a peace officer or prosecuting
12authority who is conducting a bona fide investigation of a
13criminal offense, or attempting to apprehend a fugitive from
14justice, a facility director may disclose whether a person is
15present at the facility. Upon request of a peace officer or
16prosecuting authority who has a valid forcible felony warrant
17issued, a facility director shall disclose: (1) whether the
18person who is the subject of the warrant is present at the
19facility and (2) the date of that person's discharge or future
20discharge from the facility. The requesting peace officer or
21prosecuting authority must furnish a case number and the
22purpose of the investigation or an outstanding arrest warrant
23at the time of the request. Any person, institution, or agency
24participating in good faith in disclosing such information in
25accordance with this subsection (d) is immune from any
26liability, civil, criminal or otherwise, that might result by

 

 

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1reason of the action.
2(Source: P.A. 95-564, eff. 6-1-08; 96-193, eff. 8-10-09.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    430 ILCS 65/8from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
4    430 ILCS 65/8.3 new
5    430 ILCS 65/10.1 new
6    740 ILCS 110/12from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 812