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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 721

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 721 as follows:

 3    by replacing the title with the following:

 4        "AN ACT to amend the Health Care Surrogate Act by  adding
 5    Section 60."; and

 6    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 7    following:

 8        "Section 5.  The Health Care Surrogate Act is amended  by
 9    adding Section 60 as follows:

10        (755 ILCS 40/60 new)
11        Sec.  60.  Health  care surrogate; specific mental health
12    services.
13        (a)  In this Section, "specific mental  health  services"
14    means the  administration of authorized involuntary treatment
15    as  defined  in  Section    1-121.5  of the Mental Health and
16    Developmental Disabilities Code or   admission  to  a  mental
17    health facility as defined in Section 1-114 of that  Code.
18        (b)  A  surrogate  decision  maker,  other  than  a court
19    appointed guardian, may not consent to specific mental health
20    services for an adult patient.  A  surrogate  decision  maker
 
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 1    may,  however, petition for the  provision of specific mental
 2    health  services  pursuant   to   the   Mental   Health   and
 3    Developmental Disabilities Code.

 4        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
 5    January 1, 2000.".

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