Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 4/19/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5350




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5350 as follows:


 
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on page 1, by replacing lines 12 through 23 with the following:
 


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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 on an 
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inpatient basis" 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, unless treated on an 
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    inpatient basis, to engage in conduct placing such person 
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    or another in physical harm or in reasonable expectation of 
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    being physically harmed dangerous conduct 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;


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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 others, 
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    unless treated on an inpatient basis outside help; or

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        (3) A person with mental illness who:
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            (i) refuses treatment or is not adhering 
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        adequately to prescribed treatment; 
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            (ii) because of the nature of his or her illness, 
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        is unable to understand his or her need for treatment; 
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        and
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            (iii) if not treated, is reasonably expected, 
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        based on his or her behavioral history, to suffer 
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        mental or emotional deterioration and, after such 
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        deterioration, meets the criteria of either paragraph 
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        (1) or paragraph (2) of this Section. , because of the 
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        nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand 
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        his or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, 
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        is reasonably expected to suffer or continue to suffer 
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        mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or 
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        both, to the point that the person is reasonably 
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        expected to engage in dangerous conduct.
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    In determining whether a person meets the criteria 
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specified in paragraph
(1), (2), or (3), 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. 95-602, eff. 6-1-08.)"; and

 
 


 






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