Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Authorizes the inspection and copying of mental health services records of a recipient of such services by a law enforcement officer who has lawfully arrested the recipient, if the officer has (i) a reasonable suspicion that the recipient is suffering from mental illness and (ii) a reasonable belief that the recipient may benefit from treatment in a mental health facility rather than placement in a correctional institution, jail, juvenile correctional facility, or juvenile detention facility. Provides that the information disclosable under this provision is limited to whether the recipient is receiving mental health services from a mental health facility or has received such services within the preceding 6 months and may not be redisclosed by the law enforcement officer except as provided by law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1007
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Bill Drafts
Revision | Date | Format | Source | View |
Chaptered | 2012-08-20 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
Enrolled | 2012-05-22 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
Engrossed | 2012-03-29 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
Amended | 2012-03-27 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
Amended | 2012-03-07 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
Introduced | 2012-02-15 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
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