Bill Text: IL HB4843 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notification of dispositions of certain criminal cases.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4843 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4843-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (430 ILCS 65/8.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 8.1. Notifications to the Department of State Police.
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| 8 | (a) The The Circuit Clerk shall, in the form and manner | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | required by the
Supreme Court, notify the Department of State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Police of all final dispositions
of cases for which the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Department has received information reported to it under
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| 12 | Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Criminal Identification Act.
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| 13 | (b) Upon adjudication of any individual as a person with a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | mental disability as defined in Section 1.1 of this Act or a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | finding that a person has been involuntarily admitted, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | court shall direct the circuit court clerk to immediately | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | notify the Department of State Police, Firearm Owner's | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Identification (FOID) department, and shall forward a copy of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the court order to the Department. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (c) The Department of Human Services shall, in the form and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | manner prescribed by the Department of State Police, report all | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | information collected under subsection (b) of Section 12 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Act for the purpose of determining whether a person who may be | ||||||
| 2 | or may have been a patient in a mental health facility is | ||||||
| 3 | disqualified under State or federal law from receiving or | ||||||
| 4 | retaining a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or purchasing | ||||||
| 5 | a weapon. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) If a person is determined to pose a clear and present | ||||||
| 7 | danger to himself, herself, or to others: | ||||||
| 8 | (1) by a physician, clinical psychologist, or | ||||||
| 9 | qualified examiner, or is determined to have a | ||||||
| 10 | developmental disability by a physician, clinical | ||||||
| 11 | psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed by | ||||||
| 12 | the State or privately, then the physician, clinical | ||||||
| 13 | psychologist, or qualified examiner shall, within 24 hours | ||||||
| 14 | of making the determination, notify the Department of Human | ||||||
| 15 | Services that the person poses a clear and present danger | ||||||
| 16 | or has a developmental disability; or | ||||||
| 17 | (2) by a law enforcement official or school | ||||||
| 18 | administrator, then the law enforcement official or school | ||||||
| 19 | administrator shall, within 24 hours of making the | ||||||
| 20 | determination, notify the Department of State Police that | ||||||
| 21 | the person poses a clear and present danger. | ||||||
| 22 | The Department of Human Services shall immediately update | ||||||
| 23 | its records and information relating to mental health and | ||||||
| 24 | developmental disabilities, and if appropriate, shall notify | ||||||
| 25 | the Department of State Police in a form and manner prescribed | ||||||
| 26 | by the Department of State Police. The Department of State | ||||||
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| 1 | Police shall determine whether to revoke the person's Firearm | ||||||
| 2 | Owner's Identification Card under Section 8 of this Act. Any | ||||||
| 3 | information disclosed under this subsection shall remain | ||||||
| 4 | privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, | ||||||
| 5 | except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of this | ||||||
| 6 | Act, nor used for any other purpose. The method of providing | ||||||
| 7 | this information shall guarantee that the information is not | ||||||
| 8 | released beyond what is necessary for the purpose of this | ||||||
| 9 | Section and shall be provided by rule by the Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Human Services. The identity of the person reporting under this | ||||||
| 11 | Section shall not be disclosed to the subject of the report. | ||||||
| 12 | The physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner, law | ||||||
| 13 | enforcement official, or school administrator making the | ||||||
| 14 | determination and his or her employer shall not be held | ||||||
| 15 | criminally, civilly, or professionally liable for making or not | ||||||
| 16 | making the notification required under this subsection, except | ||||||
| 17 | for willful or wanton misconduct. | ||||||
| 18 | (e) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules to | ||||||
| 19 | implement this Section. | ||||||
| 20 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-600, eff. 12-6-13; 99-143, | ||||||
| 21 | eff. 7-27-15.)
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