Full Text of SB2015 97th General Assembly
SB2015sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Ira I. Silverstein Filed: 3/10/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2015
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2015 on page 1, | 3 | | line 5, by replacing "Section 11a-4" with "Sections 11a-4 and | 4 | | 11a-9"; and
| 5 | | on page 3, below line 7, by inserting the following:
| 6 | | "(755 ILCS 5/11a-9) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-9)
| 7 | | Sec. 11a-9.
Report.)
| 8 | | (a) The petition for adjudication of disability
and for | 9 | | appointment of a guardian
should be accompanied by a report | 10 | | which contains (1) a description of
the nature and type of the | 11 | | respondent's disability and an assessment of how
the disability | 12 | | impacts on the ability of the respondent to make decisions or
| 13 | | to function independently; (2) an analysis and results of | 14 | | evaluations of
the respondent's mental and physical condition | 15 | | and, where
appropriate, educational condition, adaptive | 16 | | behavior and social skills,
which have been performed within 3 |
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| 1 | | months of the date of the filing of the
petition; (3) an | 2 | | opinion as to whether guardianship is
needed, the type and | 3 | | scope of the guardianship needed, and the reasons
therefor; (4) | 4 | | a recommendation as to the most suitable living arrangement
| 5 | | and, where appropriate, treatment or habilitation plan for the | 6 | | respondent
and the reasons therefor; (5) the signatures of all | 7 | | persons who performed
the evaluations upon which the report is | 8 | | based, one of whom shall be
a licensed physician unless the | 9 | | evaluation and report are completed by a licensed clinical | 10 | | psychologist or psychiatrist and the evaluation is limited to | 11 | | the respondent's mental condition, and a statement of the | 12 | | certification, license, or other
credentials that qualify the | 13 | | evaluators who prepared the report.
| 14 | | (b) If for any reason no report accompanies the petition, | 15 | | the court
shall order appropriate evaluations to be performed | 16 | | by a qualified
person or persons and a report prepared and | 17 | | filed with the court at least
10 days prior to the hearing.
| 18 | | (c) Unless the court otherwise directs, any report prepared | 19 | | pursuant
to this Section shall not be made
part of the public | 20 | | record of the proceedings but shall be available to
the court | 21 | | or an appellate court in which the proceedings are subject to
| 22 | | review, to the respondent, the petitioner, the guardian, and | 23 | | their
attorneys, to the
respondent's guardian ad litem, and to | 24 | | such other persons as the court
may direct.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 89-396, eff. 8-20-95.)".
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