Bill Sponsors: IL HB5586 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly
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 [HB5586 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1007 [HB5586 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Kimberly Du Buclet [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-005 | N/A | Ballotpedia | N/A |
Representative William Davis [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-030 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Barbara Currie [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-025 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Camille Lilly [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-078 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Kwame Raoul [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-013 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-004 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Heather Steans [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-007 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |