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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2796 Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 405 ILCS 5/3-807 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-807 |
| Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Removes a requirement that at least one mental health examiner testify in person at an involuntary admission hearing. |
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| | SB2796 | | LRB104 17170 KTG 30589 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning mental health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-807 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/3-807) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-807) |
| 8 | | Sec. 3-807. No respondent may be found subject to |
| 9 | | involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis |
| 10 | | unless at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, |
| 11 | | clinical psychologist, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, or |
| 12 | | qualified examiner who has examined the respondent testifies |
| 13 | | in person at the hearing. The respondent may waive the |
| 14 | | requirement of the testimony subject to the approval of the |
| 15 | | court. |
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 101-587, eff. 1-1-20.) |