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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4901
Introduced 1/19/2006, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 5/3-101 |
from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-101 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that if a person who is the subject of a petition for involuntary admission to a mental health facility is transferred to the county in which the mental health facility is located from another county, the county from which the person was transferred must pay the cost of the services of the State's Attorney of the county in which the facility is located in representing the people of the State of Illinois in all proceedings on the petition, as determined by the court. Provides that the county from which the person was transferred must pay the cost within 2 months after the conclusion of the involuntary admission proceedings.
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HB4901 |
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LRB094 16635 DRJ 51903 b |
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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 |
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| Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-101 as |
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| follows:
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| (405 ILCS 5/3-101) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-101)
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| Sec. 3-101. Representation of parties; cost of State's |
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| Attorney's services.
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| (a) The State's Attorneys of the several counties shall |
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| represent
the people of the State of Illinois in court |
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| proceedings under this Chapter
and in proceedings under Section |
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| 2-107.1 in their respective counties,
shall attend such |
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| proceedings either in person or by assistant, and shall
ensure |
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| that petitions, reports and orders are properly prepared. |
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| Nothing
herein contained shall prevent any party from being |
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| represented by his own
counsel.
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| (b) If a person who is the subject of a petition for |
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| involuntary admission to a mental health facility under this |
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| Chapter is transferred to the county in which the mental health |
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| facility is located from another county, the county from which |
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| the person was transferred must pay the cost of the services of |
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| the State's Attorney of the county in which the facility is |
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| located in representing the people of the State of Illinois in |
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| all proceedings on the petition, as determined by the court. |
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| The county from which the person was transferred must pay the |
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| cost within 2 months after the conclusion of the involuntary |
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| admission proceedings.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)
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