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SB0222 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0222

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Tom Bennett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 5/2-200  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-200

    Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that upon commencement of services, or as soon thereafter as the condition of the recipient permits, every adult recipient, as well as the recipient's guardian or substitute decision maker, and every recipient who is 12 years of age or older and the parent or guardian of a minor or person under guardianship shall be informed orally and in writing that physical assault by a recipient may be reported to law enforcement pursuant to the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning mental health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Rights
5Admonishment Amendment to the Mental Health and Developmental
6Disabilities Code.
 
7    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
8Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 2-200 as
9follows:
 
10    (405 ILCS 5/2-200)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-200)
11    Sec. 2-200. (a) Upon commencement of services, or as soon
12thereafter as the condition of the recipient permits, every
13adult recipient, as well as the recipient's guardian or
14substitute decision maker, and every recipient who is 12 years
15of age or older and the parent or guardian of a minor or person
16under guardianship shall be informed orally and in writing of
17the rights guaranteed by this Chapter which are relevant to
18the nature of the recipient's services program. The notice
19shall include, if applicable, the recipient's right to request
20a transfer to a different Department facility under Section
213-908. Every facility shall also post conspicuously in public
22areas a summary of the rights which are relevant to the

 

 

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1services delivered by that facility as well as contact
2information for the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission and
3the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the
4Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental
5Disabilities Act.
6    (b) A recipient who is 12 years of age or older and the
7parent or guardian of a minor or person under guardianship at
8any time may designate, and upon commencement of services
9shall be informed of the right to designate, a person or agency
10to receive notice under Section 2-201 or to direct that no
11information about the recipient be disclosed to any person or
12agency.
13    (c) Upon commencement of services, or as soon thereafter
14as the condition of the recipient permits, the facility shall
15ask the adult recipient or minor recipient admitted pursuant
16to Section 3-502 whether the recipient wants the facility to
17contact the recipient's spouse, parents, guardian, close
18relatives, friends, attorney, advocate from the Guardianship
19and Advocacy Commission or the agency designated by the
20Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for
21Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, or others and
22inform them of the recipient's presence at the facility. The
23facility shall by phone or by mail contact at least two of
24those people designated by the recipient and shall inform them
25of the recipient's location. If the recipient so requests, the
26facility shall also inform them of how to contact the

 

 

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1recipient.
2    (d) Upon commencement of services, or as soon thereafter
3as the condition of the recipient permits, the facility shall
4advise the recipient as to the circumstances under which the
5law permits the use of emergency forced medication or
6electroconvulsive therapy under subsection (a) of Section
72-107, restraint under Section 2-108, or seclusion under
8Section 2-109. At the same time, the facility shall inquire of
9the recipient which form of intervention the recipient would
10prefer if any of these circumstances should arise. The
11recipient's preference shall be noted in the recipient's
12record and communicated by the facility to the recipient's
13guardian or substitute decision maker, if any, and any other
14individual designated by the recipient. If any such
15circumstances subsequently do arise, the facility shall give
16due consideration to the preferences of the recipient
17regarding which form of intervention to use as communicated to
18the facility by the recipient or as stated in the recipient's
19advance directive.
20    (e) Upon commencement of services, or as soon thereafter
21as the condition of the recipient permits, every adult
22recipient, as well as the recipient's guardian or substitute
23decision maker, and every recipient who is 12 years of age or
24older and the parent or guardian of a minor or person under
25guardianship shall be informed orally and in writing that
26physical assault by a recipient may be reported to law

 

 

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1enforcement pursuant to the Health Care Violence Prevention
2Act.
3(Source: P.A. 102-593, eff. 8-27-21.)