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CS/CS/HB 1045: Mental Health

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Schwartz

Mental Health; Authorizes, in certain circumstances, continuation of psychotherapeutic medication for individuals receiving such medication in jail before admission to psychiatric or forensic facility; requires forensic evaluator training for mental health experts appointed to evaluate defendants for competency to proceed or for sanity at time of commission of offense; requires DCFS to maintain & annually provide courts with forensic evaluator registry; provides timeframes for competency hearings to be held; provides timeframes for commitment hearings; standardizes protocols, procedures, & criteria used in reporting expert findings in determining competency in juvenile cases; revises requirements related to forensic evaluator training program that appointed experts must complete; requires such experts after specified date to have such training.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Budget (BC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/15/2011 House • Filed
12/28/2011 House • Referred to Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 102
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 102
1/12/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee, 01/17/12, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
1/17/2012 House • Favorable by Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 237
• Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee -HJ 237
1/27/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/31/12, 12:30 pm, 404 HOB
1/31/2012 House • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 323
2/1/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 314
2/2/2012 House • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
• CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 451
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 451
2/17/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/21/12, 10:30 am, 404 HOB
2/21/2012 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 815
2/23/2012 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 802
2/24/2012 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 833
2/27/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/29/12
2/29/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 964
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/1/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 981
• CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 -HJ 981
3/1/2012 Senate • In Messages
3/5/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 826
• Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 826
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Criminal Justice