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91_HB1280enr
HB1280 Enrolled LRB9103956SMdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Mental Health and Developmental
2 Disabilities Code by adding Section 2-110.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
6 Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 2-110.5 as
7 follows:
8 (405 ILCS 5/2-110.5 new)
9 Sec. 2-110.5. Electro-convulsive therapy for minors. If
10 a recipient is a minor, that recipient's parent or guardian
11 is authorized, only with the approval of the court under the
12 procedures set out in Section 2-107.1, to provide consent for
13 participation of the minor in electro-convulsive therapy if
14 the parent or guardian deems it to be in the best interest of
15 the minor. In addition to the requirements in Section
16 2-107.1, prior to the court entering an order approving
17 treatment by electro-convulsive therapy, 2 licensed
18 psychiatrists, one of which may be the minor's treating
19 psychiatrist, who have examined the patient must concur in
20 the determination that the minor should participate in
21 treatment by electro-convulsive therapy.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.
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