Bill Text: IL SB3479 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Changes the definition of the term "dangerous conduct" to mean threatening behavior or conduct that places another individual in reasonable expectation of being physically harmed (rather than harmed), or conduct evincing a person's inability to provide, without the assistance of family or outside help, for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious harm (rather than, or a person's inability to provide, without the assistance of family or outside help, for his or her basic physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious harm). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3479 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3479-Introduced.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,
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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 1-104.5 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (405 ILCS 5/1-104.5)
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8 | Sec. 1-104.5. "Dangerous conduct" means threatening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | behavior or conduct that places another individual in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | reasonable expectation of being physically harmed, or conduct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | evincing a person's inability to provide, without the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | assistance of family or outside help, for his or her basic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | physical needs so as to guard himself or herself from serious | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | harm.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 95-602, eff. 6-1-08 .)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | becoming law.
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