Sen. Doris Turner

Filed: 3/7/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2657

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2657 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Confidentiality Act is amended by changing
6Section 4 as follows:
 
7    (740 ILCS 110/4)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 804)
8    Sec. 4. (a) The following persons shall be entitled, upon
9request, to inspect and copy a recipient's record or any part
10thereof:
11        (1) the parent or guardian of a recipient who is under
12    12 years of age;
13        (2) the recipient if he is 12 years of age or older;
14        (3) the parent or guardian of a recipient who is at
15    least 12 but under 18 years, if the recipient is informed
16    and does not object or if the therapist does not find that

 

 

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1    there are compelling reasons for denying the access. The
2    parent or guardian who is denied access by either the
3    recipient or the therapist may petition a court for access
4    to the record. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to
5    prohibit the parent or guardian of a recipient who is at
6    least 12 but under 18 years from requesting and receiving
7    the following information: current physical and mental
8    condition, diagnosis, treatment needs, services provided,
9    and services needed, including medication, if any;
10        (3.5) the personal representative under HIPAA, 45 CFR
11    164.502(g), of a recipient, regardless of the age of the
12    recipient;
13        (4) the guardian of a recipient who is 18 years or
14    older;
15        (5) an attorney or guardian ad litem who represents a
16    minor 12 years of age or older in any judicial or
17    administrative proceeding, provided that the court or
18    administrative hearing officer has entered an order
19    granting the attorney this right;
20        (6) an agent appointed under a recipient's power of
21    attorney for health care or for property, when the power
22    of attorney authorizes the access;
23        (7) an attorney-in-fact appointed under the Mental
24    Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act; or
25        (7.5) an investigator or attorney employed by the
26    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

 

 

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1    investigating any provider of mental health or
2    developmental disabilities services who is a licensee of
3    the Department shall be entitled to inspect and copy a
4    recipient's record or any part thereof upon the
5    presentation of a Department subpoena. A subpoena for
6    records issued to a federally assisted substance use
7    disorder program as defined in 42 CFR 2.12(b) must be
8    accompanied by a court order if required by 42 CFR 2.66.
9    The Department shall notify recipients upon receiving
10    records obtained via subpoena. Nothing in this Act
11    prohibits the use of a recipient's records in an
12    administrative proceeding conducted by the Department; or
13        (8) any person in whose care and custody the recipient
14    has been placed pursuant to Section 3-811 of the Mental
15    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
16    (b) Assistance in interpreting the record may be provided
17without charge and shall be provided if the person inspecting
18the record is under 18 years of age. However, access may in no
19way be denied or limited if the person inspecting the record
20refuses the assistance. A reasonable fee may be charged for
21duplication of a record. However, when requested to do so in
22writing by any indigent recipient, the custodian of the
23records shall provide at no charge to the recipient, or to the
24Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the agency designated by
25the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy
26for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act or to any

 

 

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1other not-for-profit agency whose primary purpose is to
2provide free legal services or advocacy for the indigent and
3who has received written authorization from the recipient
4under Section 5 of this Act to receive his records, one copy of
5any records in its possession whose disclosure is authorized
6under this Act.
7    (c) Any person entitled to access to a record under this
8Section may submit a written statement concerning any disputed
9or new information, which statement shall be entered into the
10record. Whenever any disputed part of a record is disclosed,
11any submitted statement relating thereto shall accompany the
12disclosed part. Additionally, any person entitled to access
13may request modification of any part of the record which he
14believes is incorrect or misleading. If the request is
15refused, the person may seek a court order to compel
16modification.
17    (d) Whenever access or modification is requested, the
18request and any action taken thereon shall be noted in the
19recipient's record.
20(Source: P.A. 103-474, eff. 1-1-24.)".