Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 1983 — MNTL HLTH-ALTERNATIVE TREATMNT

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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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Summary

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Adds persons included within the definition of "person subject to involuntary admission", including: (1) a person with mental illness who, because of the nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is at risk of suffering or continuing to suffer mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is at risk of engaging in dangerous conduct; and (2) a person who has been adjudged to be subject to authorized involuntary treatment and with respect to whom (A) outpatient treatment has been shown to be ineffective because the person is unable or unwilling to comply with his or her treatment plan and (B) inpatient admission is likely to be effective in implementing the person's treatment plan and is otherwise in the person's best interests. Provides that at any time before the conclusion of a hearing on involuntary admission and the entry of the court's findings, a respondent may enter into an agreement to be subject to an order for alternative treatment or care and custody, if certain conditions are met. Provides that an agreed order for care and custody may grant the custodian the authority to admit a respondent to a hospital if the respondent fails to comply with the conditions of the agreed order. Provides that an agreed order for alternative treatment or care and custody does not constitute a finding that the respondent is a person subject to involuntary admission. Provides that a respondent may not be cited for contempt for violating the terms and conditions of his or her agreed order for care and custody. Makes other changes.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

100 added · 148 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill SB 1983 clarify the definition of "dangerous conduct" and expand the criteria for who may be considered a "person subject to involuntary admission." Notably, the bill now includes individuals whose threatening behavior puts themselves or others at risk of harm, as well as those who cannot meet their basic physical needs without help. These changes matter because they aim to ensure that individuals who may pose a danger due to their mental illness can receive necessary care, thereby enhancing both personal and public safety.

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*LRB09410572DRJ40869b* SB1983 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2006 SB1983 Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen.
SB1983 Engrossed LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b AN ACT concerning health.
Dale A.
Righter - Frank C.
Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 5/1-104.5 new ILCS 5/1-119 from Ch.
91 1/2, par.
1-119 ILCS 5/3-811.5 new Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
Adds persons included within the definition of "person subject to involuntary admission", including:
(1) a person with mental illness who, because of the nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is at risk of suffering or continuing to suffer mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is at risk of engaging in dangerous conduct;
and (2) a person who has been adjudged to be subject to authorized involuntary treatment and with respect to whom (A) outpatient treatment has been shown to be ineffective because the person is unable or unwilling to comply with his or her treatment plan and (B) inpatient admission is likely to be effective in implementing the person’s treatment plan and is otherwise in the person’s best interests.
Provides that at any time before the conclusion of a hearing on involuntary admission and the entry of the court’s findings, a respondent may enter into an agreement to be subject to an order for alternative treatment or care and custody, if certain conditions are met.
Provides that an agreed order for care and custody may grant the custodian the authority to admit a respondent to a hospital if the respondent fails to comply with the conditions of the agreed order.
Provides that an agreed order for alternative treatment or care and custody does not constitute a finding that the respondent is a person subject to involuntary admission.
Provides that a respondent may not be cited for contempt for violating the terms and conditions of his or her agreed order for care and custody.
Makes other changes.
LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR SB1983 LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b AN ACT concerning health.
"Dangerous conduct" means acts or omissions that place the individual or others in risk of harm.
"Dangerous conduct" means threatening behavior or conduct that places another individual in reasonable expectation of being harmed, or a person’s inability to provide, without the assistance of family or outside help, for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious harm.
The term includes threatening behavior or conduct that places another individual in reasonable expectation of being harmed, or a person’s inability to provide, without the assistance of family or outside help, for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious harm.
(3) A person with mental illness who, because of the nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his SB1983 - 2 - LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is at risk of suffering or continuing to suffer mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is at risk of engaging in dangerous conduct;
or .
or (4) A person who has been adjudged to be subject to authorized involuntary treatment under Section 2-107.1 and with respect to whom:
(3) A person with mental illness who, because of the nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is SB1983 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b reasonably expected to suffer or continue to suffer mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is reasonably expected to engage in dangerous conduct.
(i) outpatient treatment has been shown to be ineffective because the person is unable or unwilling to comply with his or her treatment plan;
and (ii) inpatient admission is likely to be effective in implementing the person’s treatment plan and is otherwise in the person’s best interests.
(2) The court advises the respondent of the conditions of the proposed order in open court and is satisfied that SB1983 - 3 - LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b the respondent understands and agrees to the conditions of the proposed order for alternative treatment or care and custody.
(2) The court advises the respondent of the conditions of the proposed order in open court and is satisfied that the respondent understands and agrees to the conditions of the proposed order for alternative treatment or care and custody.
(5) No order may include as one of its conditions the administration of psychotropic medication, unless the court determines, based on the documented history of the respondent’s treatment or illness manifestations, that the respondent is unlikely to continue to receive needed psychotropic medication in the absence of such an order.
SB1983 Engrossed - 3 - LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b (5) No order may include as one of its conditions the administration of psychotropic medication, unless the court determines, based on the documented history of the respondent’s treatment or illness manifestations, that the respondent is unlikely to continue to receive needed psychotropic medication in the absence of such an order.
SB1983 - 4 - LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b (d) An order entered under this Section does not constitute a finding that the respondent is subject to involuntary admission.
(d) An order entered under this Section does not constitute a finding that the respondent is subject to involuntary admission.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of Illinois law to the contrary, a respondent may not be cited for contempt for violating the terms and conditions of his or her agreed order of care and custody.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of Illinois law to the contrary, a respondent may not be cited for contempt for violating the terms and conditions of his or her agreed order SB1983 Engrossed - 4 - LRB094 10572 DRJ 40869 b of care and custody.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

  4. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks

  5. Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  6. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black

  7. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  8. Assigned to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee

  9. Referred to Rules Committee

  10. First Reading

  11. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy

  12. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  13. Arrived in House

  14. Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

  15. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  16. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  17. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005

  18. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Righter

  19. Second Reading

  20. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 009-000-000

  21. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services

  22. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  23. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter

  24. Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

  25. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005

  26. Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000

  27. Assigned to Health & Human Services

  28. Referred to Rules

  29. First Reading

  30. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson

  31. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter

Sponsors

  • Dale A. Righter · Cosponsor
  • Jack D. Franks · Cosponsor
  • Chapa LaVia · Cosponsor

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Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (180)

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 51002
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Brady — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Cronin — Not Voting
Forby — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1983 do?
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Adds persons included within the definition of "person subject to involuntary admission", including: (1) a person with mental illness who, because of the nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is at risk of suffering or continuing to suffer mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is at risk of engaging in dangerous conduct; and (2) a person who has been adjudged to be subject to authorized involuntary treatment and with respect to whom (A) outpatient treatment has been shown to be ineffective because the person is unable or unwilling to comply with his or her treatment plan and (B) inpatient admission is likely to be effective in implementing the person's treatment plan and is otherwise in the person's best interests. Provides that at any time before the conclusion of a hearing on involuntary admission and the entry of the court's findings, a respondent may enter into an agreement to be subject to an order for alternative treatment or care and custody, if certain conditions are met. Provides that an agreed order for care and custody may grant the custodian the authority to admit a respondent to a hospital if the respondent fails to comply with the conditions of the agreed order. Provides that an agreed order for alternative treatment or care and custody does not constitute a finding that the respondent is a person subject to involuntary admission. Provides that a respondent may not be cited for contempt for violating the terms and conditions of his or her agreed order for care and custody. Makes other changes.
Who sponsors SB 1983?
SB 1983 is sponsored by Dale A. Righter, Jack D. Franks, and Chapa LaVia.
What is the current status of SB 1983?
This bill died with 94th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 1983?
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