Bill Text: IL HB4498 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a voluntary recipient admitted to a mental health facility who gives a written notice to the treatment staff that the recipient wishes to be discharged from the facility may be involuntarily held at the facility if within 5 days after giving the notice, a copy of the notice and a petition and the 2 certificates executed by a physician, qualified examiner, psychiatrist, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, or clinical psychologist which states that the recipient is subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis and requires immediate hospitalization are filed with the court (rather than only the petition and 2 certificates).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0674 [HB4498 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4498-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a voluntary recipient admitted to a mental health facility who gives a written notice to the treatment staff that the recipient wishes to be discharged from the facility may be involuntarily held at the facility if within 5 days after giving the notice, a copy of the notice and a petition and the 2 certificates executed by a physician, qualified examiner, psychiatrist, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, or clinical psychologist which states that the recipient is subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis and requires immediate hospitalization are filed with the court (rather than only the petition and 2 certificates).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0674 [HB4498 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4498-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
| 5 | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-403 as | ||||||
| 6 | follows:
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