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Public Act 103-0674
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| HB4498 Enrolled | LRB103 37144 RLC 67263 b |
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-403 as |
follows:
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(405 ILCS 5/3-403) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-403) |
Sec. 3-403. A voluntary recipient shall be allowed to be |
discharged from the facility at the earliest appropriate time, |
not to exceed 5 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and |
holidays, after the recipient he gives any treatment staff |
person written notice of the recipient's his desire to be |
discharged unless the recipient he either withdraws the notice |
in writing or unless within the 5 day period a copy of the |
written notice and a petition and 2 certificates conforming to |
the requirements of paragraph (b) of Section 3-601 and Section |
3-602 are filed with the court. Upon receipt of the petition, |
the court shall order a hearing to be held within 5 days, |
excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and to be conducted |
pursuant to Article IX of this Chapter. Hospitalization of the |
recipient may continue pending further order of the court. |
(Source: P.A. 88-830.) |