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Public Act 91-0658

HB0721 Re-Enrolled                             LRB9103079DJcd

    AN ACT to amend the Health Care Surrogate Act  by  adding
Section 60.

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

    Section 5.  The Health Care Surrogate Act is  amended  by
adding Section 60 as follows:

    (755 ILCS 40/60 new)
    Sec.  60.  Health  care surrogate; specific mental health
services.
    (a)  In this Section, "specific mental  health  services"
means the  administration of authorized involuntary treatment
as  defined  in  Section    1-121.5  of the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code or   admission  to  a  mental
health facility as defined in Section 1-114 of that  Code.
    (b)  A  surrogate  decision  maker,  other  than  a court
appointed guardian, may not consent to specific mental health
services for an adult patient.  A  surrogate  decision  maker
may,  however, petition for the  provision of specific mental
health  services  pursuant   to   the   Mental   Health   and
Developmental Disabilities Code.
    (c)   This  Section  does  not  grant  a  court-appointed
guardian any additional  authority  to  consent  to  specific
mental health services than is permitted by the Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities Code.

    Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
January 1, 2000.

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