(405 ILCS 5/1-119.1) Sec. 1-119.1. "Person subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis" means: (1) A person who would meet the criteria for admission on an inpatient basis as |
| specified in Section 1-119 in the absence of treatment on an outpatient basis and for whom treatment on an outpatient basis can only be reasonably ensured by a court order mandating such treatment; or
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(2) A person with a mental illness which, if left untreated, is reasonably expected to
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| result in an increase in the symptoms caused by the illness to the point that the person would meet the criteria for commitment under Section 1-119, and whose mental illness has, on more than one occasion in the past, caused that person to refuse needed and appropriate mental health services in the community.
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(Source: P.A. 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10; 96-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)
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