(405 ILCS 5/Ch. VI heading)
(405 ILCS 5/6-100) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-100)
Sec. 6-100. Judicial proceedings conducted pursuant to this Act shall be conducted in accordance with the Civil Practice Law, except to the extent the provisions of this Act indicate to the contrary or are inconsistent, in which case this Act governs.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-101) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-101)
Sec. 6-101. Any person affected by a final administrative decision of the Department or the Board of Reimbursement Appeals, pursuant to this Act, may have such decisions reviewed only under and in accordance with the Administrative Review Law, as now or hereafter amended. The Administrative Review Law, as amended, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-102) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-102)
Sec. 6-102. Any person who conspires unlawfully to cause, or unlawfully causes, any person to be adjudicated as subject to involuntary or judicial admission or as a person under legal disability or to be detained at, or admitted to any mental health facility or developmental disabilities facility, or any person who receives or detains a person with mental illness or person with a developmental disability, contrary to this Act, or any person who maltreats a person with mental illness or person with a developmental disability, or any person who knowingly aids, abets or assists or encourages a person with mental illness or person with a developmental disability to be absent without permission from any facility or custodian in which or by whom such person is lawfully detained, or any person who violates any provision contained in this Act or rule or regulation of the Department issued under this Act commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 88-380.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-103) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-103)
Sec. 6-103. (a) All persons acting in good faith and without negligence in connection with the preparation of applications, petitions, certificates or other documents, for the apprehension, transportation, examination, treatment, habilitation, detention or discharge of an individual under the provisions of this Act incur no liability, civil or criminal, by reason of such acts.
(b) There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any person who is a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner based upon that person's failure to warn of and protect from a recipient's threatened or actual violent behavior except where the recipient has communicated to the person a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims. Nothing in this Section shall relieve any employee or director of any residential mental health or developmental disabilities facility from any duty he may have to protect the residents of such a facility from any other resident.
(c) Any duty which any person may owe to anyone other than a resident of a mental health and developmental disabilities facility shall be discharged by that person making a reasonable effort to communicate the threat to the victim and to a law enforcement agency, or by a reasonable effort to obtain the hospitalization of the recipient.
(d) An act of omission or commission by a peace officer acting in good faith in rendering emergency assistance or otherwise enforcing this Code does not impose civil liability on the peace officer or his or her supervisor or employer unless the act is a result of willful or wanton misconduct.
(Source: P.A. 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-103.1)
Sec. 6-103.1. Adjudication as a person with a mental disability. When a person has been adjudicated as a person with a mental disability as defined in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, including, but not limited to, an adjudication as a person with a disability as defined in Section 11a-2 of the Probate Act of 1975, the court shall direct the circuit court clerk to notify the Illinois State Police, Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) Office, in a form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police, and shall forward a copy of the court order to the Department no later than 7 days after the entry of the order. Upon receipt of the order, the Illinois State Police shall provide notification to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-103.2)
Sec. 6-103.2. Developmental disability; notice. If a person 14 years old or older is determined to be a person with a developmental disability by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, the physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner shall notify the Department of Human Services within 7 days of making the determination that the person has a developmental disability. The Department of Human Services shall immediately update its records and information relating to mental health and developmental disabilities, and if appropriate, shall notify the Illinois State Police in a form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. Information disclosed under this Section shall remain privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, nor used for any other purpose. The method of providing this information shall guarantee that the information is not released beyond that which is necessary for the purpose of this Section and shall be provided by rule by the Department of Human Services. The identity of the person reporting under this Section shall not be disclosed to the subject of the report.
The physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner making the determination and his or her employer may not be held criminally, civilly, or professionally liable for making or not making the notification required under this Section, except for willful or wanton misconduct.
For purposes of this Section, "developmental disability" means a disability which is attributable to any other condition which results in impairment similar to that caused by an intellectual disability and which requires services similar to those required by intellectually disabled persons. The disability must originate before the age of 18 years, be expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a substantial disability. This disability results, in the professional opinion of a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, in significant functional limitations in 3 or more of the following areas of major life activity:
"Determined to be a person with a developmental disability by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner" means in the professional opinion of the physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, a person is diagnosed, assessed, or evaluated as having a developmental disability.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-103.3)
Sec. 6-103.3. Clear and present danger; notice. If a person is determined to pose a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed by the State, by any public or private mental health facility or part thereof, or by a law enforcement official or a school administrator, then the physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner shall notify the Department of Human Services and a law enforcement official or school administrator shall notify the Illinois State Police, within 24 hours of making the determination that the person poses a clear and present danger. The Department of Human Services shall immediately update its records and information relating to mental health and developmental disabilities, and if appropriate, shall notify the Illinois State Police in a form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. Information disclosed under this Section shall remain privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, nor used for any other purpose. The method of providing this information shall guarantee that the information is not released beyond that which is necessary for the purpose of this Section and shall be provided by rule by the Department of Human Services. The identity of the person reporting under this Section shall not be disclosed to the subject of the report. The physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner, law enforcement official, or school administrator making the determination and his or her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or professionally liable for making or not making the notification required under this Section, except for willful or wanton misconduct. This Section does not apply to a law enforcement official, if making the notification under this Section will interfere with an ongoing or pending criminal investigation.
For the purposes of this Section:
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-104) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-104)
Sec. 6-104. Unless otherwise specifically provided elsewhere by law, nothing contained in this Act or in any Act amendatory thereof affects or impairs the validity of any act done or right accruing, accrued, acquired, or any order, judgment or status established prior to the enactment of this Act or prior to the enactment of any Act amendatory thereof, and, as to any persons admitted or committed pursuant to any Act in effect prior to the effective date of this Act, the provisions of any such prior Act shall continue to govern, except where there are express provisions in this Act relating to such persons.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-104.3)
Sec. 6-104.3. Comparable programs for the services contained in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. The Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services shall oversee the creation of comparable programs for the services contained in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 for community-based providers to provide the following services:
These comparable programs shall operate under the regulations that may currently exist for such programs, or, if no such regulations are in existence, regulations shall be created. The comparable programs shall be provided through a managed care entity, a coordinated care entity, or an accountable care entity. The Department shall work in concert with any managed care entity, care coordination entity, or accountable care entity to gather the data necessary to report and monitor the progress of the services offered under this Section. The services to be provided under this Section shall be subject to a specific appropriation of the General Assembly for the specific purposes of this Section.
The Department shall adopt any emergency rules necessary to implement this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-105) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-105)
Sec. 6-105. The provisions for repeal contained in this Act do not in any way affect an offense committed, an act done, a penalty, punishment or forfeiture incurred, or a claim, right, power or remedy accrued under any law in force prior to the effective date of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-106) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-106)
Sec. 6-106. The "Mental Health Code of 1967", approved August 14, 1967, as amended, is repealed.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
(405 ILCS 5/6-107) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 6-107)
Sec. 6-107. This Act takes effect January 1, 1979.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)