Illinois House Bill 2792 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that an applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card must receive a psychiatric or psychological evaluation by a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or clinical social worker and receive a certification by the psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or clinical social worker that he or she: (1) is not a danger to himself, herself, or to others; (2) does not lack the mental capacity to manage his or her own affairs; (3) is able to provide for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious harm without the assistance of family or others; and (4) does not have a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening, or assaultive behavior that poses a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others at the time of the evaluation or in the future. Provides that if a patient of a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or clinical social worker has received a psychiatric or psychological evaluation and the psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or clinical social worker determines that the Card holder is ineligible for the Card for these reasons, the psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or clinical social worker shall immediately after making the determination shall forward that information to the Department of State Police. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to permit disclosure of this information. Effective immediately.

FIREARM OWNERS ID-PSYCH EXAM

Sen. Elgie Sims [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-04	House	Assigned to Judiciary
2013-02-26	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-26	House	First Reading
2013-02-22	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
430	65	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
430	65	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
740	110	11	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2792&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2792.htm