Illinois House Bill 4619 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Drug Court Treatment Act, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act, and the Mental Health Court Treatment Act. Changes the definitions of "drug court professional", "Veterans and Servicemembers Court professional", and "mental health court professional" to include peer recovery coaches and coordinators. Provides that a Veterans and Servicemembers Court may be established as a problem solving court and includes a mental health court. Deletes provisions that exclude from a Veterans and Servicemembers Court program or a mental health court program a defendant who has previously completed or has been discharged from such program within 3 years of that completion or discharge. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that in addition to other entities prescribed by law, mental health court professionals, Veterans and Servicemembers Court professionals, and juvenile detention facilities may disclose a recipient's mental health record or communications, without consent, to each other, but only for the purpose of admission, treatment, planning, or discharge. Effective immediately.

MENTAL HEALTH, DRUG&VET COURTS

Sen. Michael Connelly [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2012-02-01	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2012-02-01	House	First Reading
2012-02-01	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael G. Connelly

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
730	166	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	167	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	167	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	167	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	168	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	168	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
740	110	9.2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4619&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB4619.htm