Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3129

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Changes the definition of "dangerous conduct" to mean threatening behavior or conduct that places another individual or the person engaging in the behavior or conduct (rather than places another individual) in reasonable expectation of being harmed, or a person's inability to provide, without the assistance of family or outside help, for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious harm. Extends the lists of possible medical practitioners who must examine a person subject to an involuntary admission petition and execute a certificate stating whether involuntary admission and immediate hospitalization is appropriate, to include a psychiatrist (rather than a physician, qualified examiner, or clinical psychologist only). Contains provisions regarding the amount of time a mental health facility can temporarily detain a person for examination; the situations under which a person can be released from a mental health facility following the initial examination period and the court filing of a certificate stating whether involuntary admission and immediate hospitalization is appropriate; additional persons who are entitled to inspect and copy an admitted person's mental health records; additional agencies that may disclose a person's mental health records and communications to other agencies; and other matters. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Changes certain existing provisions regarding involuntary admission to provisions regarding either (i) "involuntary admission on an inpatient basis" or (ii) "involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis"; adds provisions under which a person 18 years of age or older may be found by a court to be subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis and may receive alternative treatment in the community or may be placed in the care and custody of a relative or other person; changes certain existing provisions regarding orders for alternative treatment or care and custody to provisions regarding orders for "admission on an outpatient basis"; makes various changes regarding definitions, court hearings, discharge, restoration, transfer, persons who are entitled to inspect and copy an admitted person's mental health records, agencies that may disclose a person's mental health records and communications to other agencies, and other matters; and repeals certain provisions concerning dangerous conduct, examination and detention, and the duration and contents of certain orders. Effective immediately.

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