Bill Status of HB 4706   103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  MENTAL HEALTH-DEATH NOTICE

House Sponsors
Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz and La Shawn K. Ford

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/5/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 301/55-45 new
405 ILCS 5/5-100.1 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that substance abuse programs and mental health or developmental disabilities facilities operating in the State shall provide verbal notice to the personal representative of the patient within 24 hours after the death of a patient and shall provide written notice to the personal representative of the patient within 5 days after the death of a patient. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/2/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
  2/2/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
  2/6/2024HouseFirst Reading
  2/6/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/5/2024HouseAssigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee
  3/7/2024HouseChief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
  4/5/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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