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Public Act 094-0202 |
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | ||||
Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-606 as | ||||
follows:
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(405 ILCS 5/3-606) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-606)
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Sec. 3-606. A peace officer may take a person into custody | ||||
and transport
him to a mental health facility when , as a result | ||||
of his personal observation,
the peace officer has reasonable | ||||
grounds to believe that the person is
subject to involuntary | ||||
admission and in need of immediate hospitalization
to protect | ||||
such person or others from physical harm. Upon arrival at the
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facility, the peace officer may
shall
complete the petition | ||||
under Section 3-601. If the petition is not completed by the | ||||
peace officer transporting the person, the transporting | ||||
officer's name, badge number, and employer shall be included in | ||||
the petition as a potential witness as provided in Section | ||||
3-601 of this Chapter.
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(Source: P.A. 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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