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91_HB1280enr HB1280 Enrolled LRB9103956SMdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Mental Health and Developmental 2 Disabilities Code by adding Section 2-110.5. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 6 Disabilities Code is amended by adding Section 2-110.5 as 7 follows: 8 (405 ILCS 5/2-110.5 new) 9 Sec. 2-110.5. Electro-convulsive therapy for minors. If 10 a recipient is a minor, that recipient's parent or guardian 11 is authorized, only with the approval of the court under the 12 procedures set out in Section 2-107.1, to provide consent for 13 participation of the minor in electro-convulsive therapy if 14 the parent or guardian deems it to be in the best interest of 15 the minor. In addition to the requirements in Section 16 2-107.1, prior to the court entering an order approving 17 treatment by electro-convulsive therapy, 2 licensed 18 psychiatrists, one of which may be the minor's treating 19 psychiatrist, who have examined the patient must concur in 20 the determination that the minor should participate in 21 treatment by electro-convulsive therapy. 22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 23 becoming law.