093_SB0200eng SB200 Engrossed LRB093 06335 MKM 06454 b 1 AN ACT concerning mental health. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 5 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section 6 12.2 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 1705/12.2 new) 8 Sec. 12.2. Mental Health Commitment Training. 9 (a) The Department shall develop and present annually at 10 least one training event for judges, state's attorneys, 11 public defenders, private attorneys, law enforcement 12 personnel, hospital and community agency personnel, persons 13 with mental illness, physicians, psychologists, social 14 workers, emergency room personnel, and other health care 15 personnel regarding mental illness, the standards for civil 16 commitment and involuntary treatment, completing 17 documentation, and changes in the Mental Health and 18 Developmental Disabilities Code and Mental Health and 19 Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. 20 (b) The Department may provide multiple training events, 21 regional training events, and training events by professional 22 discipline. The materials developed for the training events 23 shall be made available on the Department's website. The 24 Department shall develop this training in cooperation with 25 the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, bar 26 associations, the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards and 27 Training Board, appropriate statewide organizations 28 representing health care providers, organizations 29 representing or advocating for persons with mental illness, 30 and any appropriate statewide organization of licensed 31 professionals. SB200 Engrossed -2- LRB093 06335 MKM 06454 b 1 (c) The Department shall annually report on the number 2 of persons attending the training events. 3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 4 becoming law.