HB2415 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 05828 RLC 50844 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2415

Introduced , by Rep. David A. Welter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 5/3-606

from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-606

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport the person to a mental health facility if the peace officer has administered an opioid antagonist to the person in response to an opioid overdose. Defines "opioid antagonist".

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-606 as follows:

(405 ILCS 5/3-606) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-606)

Sec. 3-606. (a) In this Section, "opioid antagonist" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act.

(b) 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 on an inpatient basis and in need of immediate hospitalization to protect such person or others from physical harm or if the peace officer has administered an opioid antagonist to the person in response to an opioid overdose. Upon arrival at the facility, the peace officer may complete the petition under Section 3-601. If the petition is not completed by the peace officer transporting the person, the transporting officer's name, badge number, and employer shall be included in the petition as a potential witness as provided in Section 3-601 of this Chapter.

(Source: P.A. 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10; 96-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)