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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0559
Introduced 2/17/2005, by Sen. George P. Shadid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 5/3-606 |
from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-606 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport
him to a mental health facility when
the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is
subject to involuntary admission and in need of immediate hospitalization (removes a requirement that the "reasonable grounds" be a result of the peace officer's personal observation). Provides that nothing in these provisions shall be interpreted to prevent (i) the filing of a petition for involuntary admission completed by the facility director or any other person or (ii) a decision by the petitioner or his or her counsel or the State's Attorney to proceed with a hearing on a petition for involuntary admission completed by someone other than the peace officer who transported the respondent to the facility. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0559 |
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LRB094 07548 DRJ 37716 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 3-606 as |
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| follows:
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| (405 ILCS 5/3-606) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-606)
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| Sec. 3-606. A peace officer may take a person into custody |
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| and transport
him to a mental health facility when, as a result |
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| of his personal observation,
the peace officer has reasonable |
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| grounds to believe that the person is
subject to involuntary |
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| admission and in need of immediate hospitalization
to protect |
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| such person or others from physical harm. Upon arrival at the
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| facility, the peace officer shall
complete the petition under |
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| Section 3-601. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to |
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| prevent (i) the filing of a petition under Section 3-601 |
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| completed by the facility director or any other person or (ii) |
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| a decision by the petitioner or his or her counsel or the |
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| State's Attorney to proceed with a hearing under Article VIII |
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| of this Chapter based on a petition completed by someone other |
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| than the peace officer who transported the respondent.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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