SB 538 Illinois Senate · 102nd Regular Session

MHDD CD-JURY-SIZE-PSYCHOTROPIC

Summary
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that when the respondent requests a jury on the question of whether he or she is subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis, the jury shall consist of 12 persons, unless the respondent requests a jury of 6 persons. Provides that a respondent is also entitled (rather than not entitled) to a jury on the question of whether psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered under the Code. Effective immediately.
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Feb 2021
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Governor
Introduced Feb 23, 2021 Last action Jan 10, 2023
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Apr 16, 2021
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Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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Mar 3, 2021
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Assigned to Judiciary
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Feb 23, 2021
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Referred to Assignments
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Robert Peters
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