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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0125 Introduced 1/29/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 405 ILCS 5/3-802 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-802 |
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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 6 persons, unless either party demands a jury of 12 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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| | SB0125 | | LRB101 05918 RLC 50939 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-802 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 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 |
| 9 | | question of
whether he or she is subject to involuntary |
| 10 | | admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis. The jury shall |
| 11 | | consist
of 6 persons, unless either party demands a jury of 12 |
| 12 | | persons, to be chosen in the same manner as are jurors in other |
| 13 | | civil
proceedings.
A respondent is also not entitled to a jury |
| 14 | | on the question of whether psychotropic medication or |
| 15 | | electroconvulsive therapy may be administered under Section |
| 16 | | 2-107.1. |
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 95-172, eff. 8-14-07; 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10; |
| 18 | | 96-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law.
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