Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 3/15/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3129




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3129 as follows:

 
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on page 1, line 6, by inserting "1-119," before "3-602"; and 
 
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on page 1, by replacing lines 7 through 15 with the following:
 
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    "(405 ILCS 5/1-104.5)

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

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(Source: P.A. 95-602, eff. 6-1-08.)
 


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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 which may include threatening behavior 
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    or conduct
that places that person or another individual in 
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    reasonable expectation of 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 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), (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.)".