(755 ILCS 40/60)
Sec. 60. Health care surrogate; specific mental health services.
(a) In this Section, "specific mental health services" means the
administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy under Section 2-107 or 2-107.1
of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or
admission to a mental health facility as defined in Section 1-114 of that
Code.
(b) A surrogate decision maker, other than a court appointed
guardian, may not consent to specific mental health services for an adult
patient.
A surrogate decision maker may, however, petition for the
provision of specific mental health services pursuant to the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code.
(c) This Section does not grant a court-appointed guardian any additional
authority to consent to specific mental health services than is permitted by
the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
(Source: P.A. 95-172, eff. 8-14-07.)
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