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92_HB1561
LRB9204753DJgc
1 AN ACT in relation to civil liabilities.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5 Disabilities Confidentiality Act is amended by changing
6 Section 3 as follows:
7 (740 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 803)
8 Sec. 3. Confidentiality.
9 (a) All records and communications shall be confidential
10 and shall not be disclosed except as provided in this Act.
11 (b) A therapist is not required to but may, to the
12 extent he determines it necessary and appropriate, keep
13 personal notes regarding a recipient. Such personal notes
14 are the work product and personal property of the therapist
15 and shall not be subject to discovery in any judicial,
16 administrative or legislative proceeding or any proceeding
17 preliminary thereto.
18 (c) Psychological test material whose disclosure would
19 compromise the objectivity or fairness of the testing process
20 may not be disclosed to anyone including the subject of the
21 test and is not subject to disclosure in any administrative,
22 judicial or legislative proceeding. However, any recipient
23 who has been the subject of the psychological test shall have
24 the right to have all records relating to that test disclosed
25 to any psychologist designated by the recipient. Requests
26 for such disclosure shall be in writing and shall comply with
27 the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act.
28 (Source: P.A. 86-1417.)