SB0559enr 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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 peace officer may take a person into custody and transport him to a mental health facility when, as a result of his personal observation, the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is subject to involuntary admission and in need of immediate hospitalization to protect such person or others from physical harm. Upon arrival at the facility, the peace officer may shall 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. 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.