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1 AN ACT concerning mental health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
6 12.2 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 1705/12.2 new)
8 Sec. 12.2. Mental Health Commitment Training.
9 (a) The Department shall develop and present annually at
10 least one training event for judges, state's attorneys,
11 public defenders, private attorneys, law enforcement
12 personnel, hospital and community agency personnel, persons
13 with mental illness, physicians, psychologists, social
14 workers, emergency room personnel, and other health care
15 personnel regarding mental illness, the standards for civil
16 commitment and involuntary treatment, completing
17 documentation, and changes in the Mental Health and
18 Developmental Disabilities Code and Mental Health and
19 Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.
20 (b) The Department may provide multiple training events,
21 regional training events, and training events by professional
22 discipline. The materials developed for the training events
23 shall be made available on the Department's website. The
24 Department shall develop this training in cooperation with
25 the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, bar
26 associations, the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards and
27 Training Board, appropriate statewide organizations
28 representing health care providers, organizations
29 representing or advocating for persons with mental illness,
30 and any appropriate statewide organization of licensed
31 professionals.
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1 (c) The Department shall annually report on the number
2 of persons attending the training events.
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.