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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2673 Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 5/3-100 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-100 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction over all persons alleged to be in need of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy, whether or not they are charged with a felony. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2673 | | LRB099 03960 RLC 23977 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-100 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/3-100) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-100)
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| 8 | | Sec. 3-100.
The circuit court has jurisdiction under this |
| 9 | | Chapter over
persons not charged with a felony who are subject |
| 10 | | to involuntary admission.
Inmates of penal institutions shall |
| 11 | | not be considered as charged with a
felony within the meaning |
| 12 | | of this Chapter. Court proceedings under Article
VIII of this |
| 13 | | Chapter may be instituted as to any such inmate at any time
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| 14 | | within 90 days prior to discharge of such inmate by expiration |
| 15 | | of sentence
or otherwise, and if such inmate is found to be |
| 16 | | subject to involuntary admission,
the order of the court |
| 17 | | ordering hospitalization or other disposition shall
become |
| 18 | | effective at the time of discharge of the inmate from penal |
| 19 | | custody. The circuit court has jurisdiction over all persons |
| 20 | | alleged to be in need of treatment under Section 2-107.1 of |
| 21 | | this Code, whether or not they are charged with a felony.
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| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
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