Bill Status of HB 3697   104th General Assembly

Short Description:  MOBILE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS

House Sponsors
Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy, Maura Hirschauer, Barbara Hernandez, Dagmara Avelar, Margaret Croke and Janet Yang Rohr

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/11/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
50 ILCS 754/5
50 ILCS 754/15
50 ILCS 754/25
50 ILCS 754/30
50 ILCS 754/40
50 ILCS 754/55
50 ILCS 754/65

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Modifies legislative findings. Provides that appropriate mobile response services must, among other things, subject to the care decisions of the individual receiving care, coordinate transportation for any individual experiencing a mental or behavioral health emergency to the least restrictive setting feasible (rather than provide transportation for any individual experiencing a mental or behavioral health emergency). Provides that adequate mobile mental health relief provider training includes, among other things, training in recognizing and working with people with neurodivergent and developmental disability diagnoses and in the techniques available to help stabilize and connect them to further services and training in the involuntary commitment process, in identification of situations that meet the standards for involuntary commitment, and in cultural competencies and social biases to guard against any group being disproportionately subjected to the involuntary commitment process or the use of the process not warranted under the legal standard for involuntary commitment. Provides that mobile mental health relief providers may only participate in the involuntary commitment process to the extent permitted under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Requires the system for gathering information developed by the Statewide Advisory Committee to determine the number of instances of mobile mental health relief providers initiating petitions for involuntary commitment. Provides that the exemption from civil liability for emergency care provided in the Good Samaritan Act applies to anyone providing care under the Act. Provides that each 9-1-1 public safety answering point and emergency service dispatched through a 9-1-1 public safety answering point must begin coordinating its activities with the mobile mental and behavioral health services established by the Division of Mental Health once all 3 of the following conditions are met, but not later than July 1, 2027 (rather than July 1, 2025). Adds definitions and modifies existing definitions. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/7/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  2/18/2025HouseFirst Reading
  2/18/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/11/2025HouseAssigned to Mental Health & Addiction Committee
  3/20/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Mental Health & Addiction Committee; 022-000-000
  3/20/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  3/26/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  3/26/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
  3/27/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  3/27/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
  3/27/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
  4/4/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
  4/11/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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