Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5817

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that, if a person is determined to pose a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed by the State, by any public or private mental health facility or part thereof, or by a law enforcement official or a school administrator, then the physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner shall notify the Department of Human Services and a law enforcement official or school administrator shall notify the Illinois State Police and the appropriate local law enforcement agency (rather than shall notify the Illinois State Police), within 24 hours of making the determination that the person poses a clear and present danger. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services and all public or private hospitals and mental health facilities are required to furnish the Illinois State Police and the appropriate local law enforcement agency only such information as may be required for the sole purpose of determining whether an individual who may be or may have been a patient is disqualified because of that status from receiving or retaining a Firearm Owner's Identification Card or falls within the federal prohibitors under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, or falls within the federal prohibitors in the federal Gun Control Act of 1968.

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