Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 3981

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Changes the definition of "dangerous conduct" to mean threatening behavior or conduct that places another individual or the person engaging in the behavior or conduct (rather than places another individual) in reasonable expectation of being harmed, or a person's inability to provide, without the assistance of family or outside help, for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious harm. Extends the lists of possible medical practitioners who must examine a person subject to an involuntary admission petition and execute a certificate stating whether involuntary admission and immediate hospitalization is appropriate, to include a psychiatrist (rather than a physician, qualified examiner, or clinical psychologist only). Contains provisions regarding the amount of time a mental health facility can temporarily detain a person for examination; the situations under which a person can be released from a mental health facility following the initial examination period and the court filing of a certificate stating whether involuntary admission and immediate hospitalization is appropriate; additional persons who are entitled to inspect and copy an admitted person's mental health records; additional agencies that may disclose a person's mental health records and communications to other agencies; and other matters. Effective immediately.

In the context of an involuntary admission petition, eliminates a physician from the list of medical practitioners who shall examine a person following his or her initial admission to a mental health facility and after the examining psychiatrist has executed a certificate assessing the person's mental status. Provides that a person subject to an involuntary admission petition may remain in his or her place of residence pending a hearing on the petition if the accompanying certificate states that the person is subject to involuntary admission but not in need of immediate hospitalization absent imminent danger. Eliminates from the list of persons who are entitled to inspect and copy an admitted person's medical records, an attorney-in-fact appointed under the Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act and any person in whose care and custody the admitted person has been placed pursuant to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

Reinserts introduced provisions providing that a person involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility shall be examined by a physician after the examining psychiatrist has executed a certificate of mental status. Reinserts introduced provisions providing that an appointed attorney-in-fact and an admitted person's legal custodian are persons entitled to inspect and copy the admitted person's medical records. Provides that a person subject to an involuntary admission petition may remain in his or her place of residence pending a hearing on the petition if the accompanying certificate states that the person is subject to involuntary admission but not in need of immediate hospitalization (rather than immediate hospitalization absent imminent danger).

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
2/26/2009	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch
2/26/2009	House	First Reading
2/26/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/3/2009	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
3/11/2009	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000
3/11/2009	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/30/2009	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/30/2009	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/31/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/1/2009	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
4/2/2009	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/2/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009
4/14/2009	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
4/14/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
4/15/2009	Senate	First Reading
4/15/2009	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/22/2009	Senate	Assigned to Human Services
4/22/2009	Senate	Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dale A. Righter
4/29/2009	Senate	Postponed - Human Services
5/4/2009	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter
5/4/2009	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
5/5/2009	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
5/5/2009	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
5/6/2009	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 009-000-000
5/6/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
5/13/2009	Senate	Second Reading
5/13/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
5/21/2009	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
5/21/2009	House	Arrived in House
5/21/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
5/21/2009	House	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. David R. Leitch
5/22/2009	House	House Non-Concurs by Voice Vote; SA 1
5/22/2009	Senate	Secretary's Desk - Non-Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
5/22/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of Non-Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 - May 26, 2009
8/15/2009	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die