Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 3/15/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3129

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3129 as follows:
 
3 on page 1, line 6, by inserting "1-119," before "3-602"; and
 
4 on page 1, by replacing lines 7 through 15 with the following:
 
5     "(405 ILCS 5/1-104.5)
6     Sec. 1-104.5. "Dangerous conduct" means threatening
7 behavior or conduct that places another individual or the
8 person engaging in the conduct, in reasonable expectation of
9 being physically harmed, or conduct evincing a person's
10 inability to provide, without the assistance of family or
11 outside help, for his or her basic physical needs so as to
12 guard himself or herself from serious harm.
13 (Source: P.A. 95-602, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
14     (405 ILCS 5/1-119)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-119)

 

 

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1     Sec. 1-119. "Person subject to involuntary admission"
2 means:
3         (1) A person with mental illness and who because of his
4     or her illness is reasonably expected to engage in
5     dangerous conduct which may include threatening behavior
6     or conduct that places that person or another individual in
7     reasonable expectation of being harmed;
8         (2) A person with mental illness and who because of his
9     or her illness is unable to provide for his or her basic
10     physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from
11     serious harm without the assistance of family or outside
12     help; or
13         (3) A person with mental illness who, because of the
14     nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his
15     or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is
16     reasonably expected to suffer or continue to suffer mental
17     deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the
18     point that the person is reasonably expected to engage in
19     dangerous conduct.
20     In determining whether a person meets the criteria
21 specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), the court may consider
22 evidence of the person's repeated past pattern of specific
23 behavior and actions related to the person's illness.
24 (Source: P.A. 95-602, eff. 6-1-08.)".