Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 5/13/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3812 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3812 on page 1, line 
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5, by changing "Section 3-801" to "Sections 1-119 and 3-801"; 
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and
  
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on page 1, line 6, by changing "Section 3-801.5" to "Sections 
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1-104.5 and 3-801.5"; and
 
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on page 1, after line 6, by inserting the following:

 
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    "(405 ILCS 5/1-104.5  new)
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    Sec. 1-104.5. "Dangerous conduct" means threatening 
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behavior or conduct that places another individual in 
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reasonable expectation of being harmed, or a person's inability 
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to provide, without the assistance of family or outside help, 
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for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or 
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herself from serious harm.
 



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    (405 ILCS 5/1-119)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-119)



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    Sec. 1-119. "Person subject to involuntary admission" 
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means: 


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        (1) A person with mental illness and who because of his 
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    or her illness is
reasonably expected to engage in 
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    dangerous conduct
inflict serious physical harm upon 
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    himself or herself or
another in the near future which may 
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    include threatening behavior or conduct
that places that 
 


 






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    person or another individual in reasonable expectation of 
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    being harmed; or


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        (2) A person with mental illness and who because of his 
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    or her illness is
unable to
provide for his or her basic 
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    physical needs so as to guard
himself or
herself from 
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    serious harm without the assistance of family or outside 
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    help; or
.

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        (3) A person with mental illness who, because of the 
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    nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his 
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    or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is 
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    reasonably expected to suffer or continue to suffer mental 
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    deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the 
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    point that the person is reasonably expected to engage in 
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    dangerous conduct.
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    In determining whether a person meets the criteria 
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specified in paragraph
(1)
or
(2), the court may consider 
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evidence of the person's repeated past pattern
of specific 
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behavior
and actions related to the
person's illness.

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(Source: P.A. 93-573, eff. 8-21-03.)".