SB2213 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 15827 RLC 40202 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2213

Introduced 1/13/2016, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 65/8.1

from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that upon adjudication of any individual as a person with a mental disability or a finding that a person has been involuntarily admitted, the circuit court clerk shall (rather than the court shall direct the circuit court clerk to) immediately notify the Department of State Police, Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) department. Provides that beginning July 1, 2016, and each July 1 and December 30 of every year thereafter, the court shall direct the circuit court clerk to notify the Department of State Police, Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) department if the court has not adjudicated any individual as a person with a mentally disability within the preceding 6 months. Provides that any clerk who knowingly fails to perform these duties is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined by the court not exceeding $100, and for any subsequent offense he or she is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and if convicted may be removed from office by the court. Effective immediately.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:

(430 ILCS 65/8.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1)

Sec. 8.1. Notifications to the Department of State Police.

(a) The Circuit Clerk shall, in the form and manner required by the Supreme Court, notify the Department of State Police of all final dispositions of cases for which the Department has received information reported to it under Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Criminal Identification Act.

(b) Upon adjudication of any individual as a person with a mental disability as defined in Section 1.1 of this Act or a finding that a person has been involuntarily admitted, the court shall direct the circuit court clerk shall to immediately notify the Department of State Police, Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) department, and shall forward a copy of the court order to the Department. Beginning July 1, 2016, and each July 1 and December 30 of every year thereafter, the court shall direct the circuit court clerk to notify the Department of State Police, Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) department if the court has not adjudicated any individual as a person with a mentally disability within the preceding 6 months. Any clerk who knowingly fails to perform the duties under this subsection (b) is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined by the court not exceeding $100, and for any subsequent offense he or she is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and if convicted may be removed from office by the court.

(c) The Department of Human Services shall, in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police, report all information collected under subsection (b) of Section 12 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act for the purpose of determining whether a person who may be or may have been a patient in a mental health facility is disqualified under State or federal law from receiving or retaining a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or purchasing a weapon.

(d) If a person is determined to pose a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others:

(1) by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, or is determined to have a developmental disability by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed by the State or privately, then the physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner shall, within 24 hours of making the determination, notify the Department of Human Services that the person poses a clear and present danger or has a developmental disability; or

(2) by a law enforcement official or school administrator, then the law enforcement official or school administrator shall, within 24 hours of making the determination, notify the Department of State Police that the person poses a clear and present danger.

The Department of Human Services shall immediately update its records and information relating to mental health and developmental disabilities, and if appropriate, shall notify the Department of State Police in a form and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police. The Department of State Police shall determine whether to revoke the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card under Section 8 of this Act. Any information disclosed under this subsection shall remain privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of this Act, nor used for any other purpose. The method of providing this information shall guarantee that the information is not released beyond what is necessary for the purpose of this Section and shall be provided by rule by the Department of Human Services. The identity of the person reporting under this Section shall not be disclosed to the subject of the report. The physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner, law enforcement official, or school administrator making the determination and his or her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or professionally liable for making or not making the notification required under this subsection, except for willful or wanton misconduct.

(e) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules to implement this Section.

(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-600, eff. 12-6-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.