Public Act 93-0376

SB200 Enrolled                       LRB093 06335 MKM 06454 b

    AN ACT concerning mental 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  Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
12.2 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 1705/12.2 new)
    Sec. 12.2.  Mental Health Commitment Training.
    (a)  The Department shall develop and present annually at
least one  training  event  for  judges,  state's  attorneys,
public   defenders,   private   attorneys,   law  enforcement
personnel, hospital and community agency  personnel,  persons
with   mental   illness,  physicians,  psychologists,  social
workers, emergency room  personnel,  and  other  health  care
personnel  regarding  mental illness, the standards for civil
commitment    and    involuntary    treatment,     completing
documentation,   and   changes   in  the  Mental  Health  and
Developmental  Disabilities  Code  and  Mental   Health   and
Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.
    (b)  The Department may provide multiple training events,
regional training events, and training events by professional
discipline.  The  materials developed for the training events
shall be made available  on  the  Department's  website.  The
Department  shall  develop  this training in cooperation with
the  Administrative  Office  of  the  Illinois  Courts,   bar
associations,  the  Illinois  Law  Enforcement  Standards and
Training   Board,   appropriate    statewide    organizations
representing    health    care    providers,    organizations
representing  or  advocating for persons with mental illness,
and  any  appropriate  statewide  organization  of   licensed
professionals.
    (c)  The  Department  shall annually report on the number
of persons attending the training events.

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