(405 ILCS 5/2-114) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-114)
Sec. 2-114.
(a) Whenever an attorney or other advocate from the
Guardianship and Advocacy Commission or the agency designated by the
Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act or any
other attorney advises a facility in which a recipient is receiving
inpatient mental health services that he is presently representing the
recipient, or has been appointed by any court or administrative agency to
do so or has been requested to represent the recipient by a member of the
recipient's family, the facility shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 2-113 of this Code, disclose to the attorney or advocate
whether the recipient is presently residing in the facility and, if so,
how the attorney or advocate may communicate with the recipient.
(b) The facility may take reasonable precautions to identify the
attorney or advocate. No further information shall be disclosed to the
attorney or advocate except in conformity with the authorization procedures
contained in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Confidentiality Act.
(c) Whenever the location of the recipient has been disclosed to an
attorney or advocate, the facility director shall inform the recipient of
that fact and shall note this disclosure in the recipient's records.
(d) An attorney or advocate who receives any information under this
Section may not disclose this information to anyone else without the
written consent of the recipient obtained pursuant to Section 5 of the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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