HB1524 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1524

Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 5/3-807

from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-807

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that no respondent may be found subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis unless at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner (rather than at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, or clinical psychologist) who has examined the respondent (rather than who has examined him) testifies in person at the hearing. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-807 as follows:

(405 ILCS 5/3-807) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-807)

Sec. 3-807. No respondent may be found subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis unless at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, or clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner who has examined the respondent him testifies in person at the hearing. The respondent may waive the requirement of the testimony subject to the approval of the court.

(Source: P.A. 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10; 96-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.