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91_SB0491
LRB9104278SMpr
1 AN ACT to amend the Mental Health Treatment Preference
2 Declaration Act by changing Section 10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Mental Health Treatment Preference
6 Declaration Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
7 (755 ILCS 43/10)
8 Sec. 10. Declaration of preference or instructions
9 regarding mental health treatment.
10 (1) An adult of sound mind may make a declaration of
11 preferences or instructions regarding mental health
12 treatment. The preferences or instructions may include
13 consent to or refusal of mental health treatment.
14 (2) A declaration for mental health treatment may be
15 invoked within 3 years of its execution unless it is revoked.
16 The authority of a named attorney-in-fact and any alternative
17 attorney-in-fact named in the declaration continues in effect
18 as long as the declaration appointing the attorney-in-fact is
19 in effect or until the attorney-in-fact has withdrawn. If a
20 declaration for mental health treatment has been invoked and
21 is in effect at the expiration of 3 years after its
22 execution, the declaration remains effective until the
23 principal is no longer incapable.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)