HB 3617

Abstract

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction under the Admission, Transfer and Discharge Procedures for the Mentally Ill Chapter of the Code over persons who are: (1) subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis; (2) subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis; or (3) in need of treatment involving the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy. Deletes provision that limits jurisdiction to persons not charged with a felony. Provides that except as provided in the Fitness for Trial, to Plead or to be Sentenced Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, no respondent who has pending felony charges, may be ordered to undergo a program of hospitalization in a mental health facility operated by the Department of Human Services unless the Department agrees.