HB 785

Abstract

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Changes the content of the quarterly report that a mental hospital or facility administering electro-convulsive therapy must submit to include: (i) whether the patient gave informed consent or received therapy without informed consent, was confined as subject to involuntary admission, or received the therapy on an emergency basis; (ii) the type and charge dose of electro-convulsive treatments used; (iii) the identity of the treating hospital; (iv) if no patients have been treated using electro-convulsive therapy during that quarter, a written statement to that effect; and (v) for the first quarter report of each year, a copy of the informed consent used for electro-convulsive therapy, including any pamphlet or form information given to the patient on electro-convulsive therapy. Requires the Department of Human Services to include in its annual report the names of all facilities that have failed to comply with the listed reporting requirements during the calendar year covered by the annual report. Provide for the enforcement of the reporting requirements and civil penalties for failure to report. Effective immediately.