101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2485

 

Introduced 1/22/2020, by Sen. Robert Peters

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/3-802  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-802

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that when the respondent requests a jury on the question of whether he or she is subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis, the jury shall consist of 12 persons, unless the respondent request a jury of 6 persons. Provides that a respondent is also entitled (rather than not entitled) to a jury on the question of whether psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered under the Code. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-802 as
6follows:
 
7    (405 ILCS 5/3-802)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-802)
8    Sec. 3-802. The respondent is entitled to a jury on the
9question of whether he or she is subject to involuntary
10admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis. The jury shall
11consist of 12 6 persons, unless the respondent requests a jury
12of 6 persons, to be chosen in the same manner as are jurors in
13other civil proceedings. A respondent is also not entitled to a
14jury on the question of whether psychotropic medication or
15electroconvulsive therapy may be administered under Section
162-107.1.
17(Source: P.A. 95-172, eff. 8-14-07; 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10;
1896-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.