Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1612

Amends the Guardianship and Advocacy Act. Provides that the State Guardian shall not be appointed as guardian for a person whose primary diagnosis is mental illness. Provides that each ward of the State Guardian who was adjudicated disabled before the effective date of the amendatory Act and has a primary diagnosis of mental illness shall be the subject of a review hearing and shall be considered eligible for restoration of rights unless evidence demonstrates, by a clear and convincing standard, that guardianship is still required for the ward and that the State Guardian is the only available and suitable guardian. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that an order appointing a guardian shall implement the least restrictive alternative, maximize the disabled person's autonomy, and exercise authority over the disabled person only as necessary. Provides that in counties having a population of 1,000,000 or less, in which there is no currently serving public guardian or in which there is a public guardian serving under an expired term of office, the Governor shall, within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, appoint the Office of State guardian as the public guardian. Provides that in counties having a population of 1,000,000 or less and upon the expiration of the public guardian's term, the State guardian shall be appointed the public guardian.

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