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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1184
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act. Makes a
technical change in a Section concerning a declaration of preference or
instructions regarding mental health treatment.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1184 |
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LRB094 04868 LCB 34897 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Mental Health Treatment Preference |
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| Declaration Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| (755 ILCS 43/10)
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| Sec. 10. Declaration of preference or instructions.
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| (1) An adult of sound mind may make a declaration of |
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| preferences or
instructions regarding mental health treatment. |
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| The
The preferences or
instructions may include consent to or |
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| refusal of mental health treatment. |
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| (2) A declaration for mental health treatment may be |
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| invoked within 3
years of its execution unless it is revoked. |
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| The authority of a named
attorney-in-fact and any alternative |
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| attorney-in-fact named in the declaration
continues in effect |
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| as long as the declaration appointing the attorney-in-fact
is |
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| in effect or until the attorney-in-fact has withdrawn. If a |
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| declaration for
mental health treatment has been invoked and is |
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| in effect at the expiration of
3 years after its execution, the |
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| declaration remains effective until the
principal is no longer |
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| incapable.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)
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