SB0940ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Executive Committee

Filed: 5/29/2007

09500SB0940ham001 LRB095 05750 RLC 37114 a

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 940

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 940 on page 3, line 8, by replacing "and" with "or"; and

on page 5, lines 2 and 3, by deleting "as described in clause (3) of this subsection (b),"; and

on page 5, lines 8 and 9, by replacing "subsections subsection (e) and" with "subsection (e) or"; and

on page 5, line 10, by replacing "and 18" with "or 18"; and

on page 5, line 17, by replacing "person" with "patient"; and

on page 5, line 20, by inserting after "redisclosed" the following: ", except as required by clause (e)(2) of Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act,"; and

on page 7, by replacing lines 6 through 19 with the following: "treatment. for in-patients and excludes institutions, such as community clinics, which only provide treatment to out-patients.

(2) "Patient" shall include only: (i) a person who is an in-patient or resident of any public or private hospital or mental health facility or (ii) a person who is an out-patient or provided services by a public or private hospital or mental health facility whose mental condition is of such a nature that it is manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening, or assaultive behavior or reported behavior, for which there is a reasonable belief by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner that the condition poses a clear and present or imminent danger to the patient, any other person or the community meaning the patient's condition poses a clear and present danger in accordance with subsection (f) of Section 8 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. The terms physician, clinical psychologist, and qualified examiner are defined in Sections 1-120, 1-103, and 1-122 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. mean only a person who is an in-patient or resident of any hospital, not an out-patient or client seen solely for periodic consultation.

(3) "Mental health facility" is defined by Section 1-114 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.".