Bill Text: IL HB2741 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that court-ordered counseling is subject to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Deletes language providing that: all counseling sessions shall be confidential; and communications in counseling shall not be used in any manner in litigation nor relied upon by any expert appointed by the court or retained by any party. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0349 [HB2741 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2741-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0349
HB2741 Enrolled LRB102 14910 LNS 20265 b
AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 607.6 as follows:
(750 ILCS 5/607.6)
Sec. 607.6. Court-ordered counseling. Counseling.
(a) The court may order individual counseling for the
child, family counseling for one or more of the parties and the
child, or parental education for one or more of the parties, if
it finds one or more of the following:
(1) both parents or all parties agree to the order;
(2) the child's physical health is endangered or that
the child's emotional development is impaired;
(3) abuse of allocated parenting time under Section
607.5 has occurred; or
(4) one or both of the parties have violated the
allocation judgment with regard to conduct affecting or in
the presence of the child.
(b) The court may apportion the costs of counseling
between the parties as appropriate.
(c) The remedies provided in this Section are in addition
to, and do not diminish or abridge in any way, the court's

power to exercise its authority through contempt or other
proceedings.
(d) Counseling ordered under this Section is subject to
the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Confidentiality Act and the federal Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. All counseling
sessions shall be confidential. The communications in
counseling shall not be used in any manner in litigation nor
relied upon by any expert appointed by the court or retained by
any party.
(Source: P.A. 99-763, eff. 1-1-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.