republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-3786.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MHDD CD-RECIPIENT ABUSE"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that when an initial investigation of a reported allegation of abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of a recipient of services indicates, based upon credible evidence, that an employee of a mental health or developmental disability facility is the perpetrator of the abuse, that employee shall immediately be barred from any further contact with recipients of services of the facility. Provides that an employee barred from contact with recipients of services shall remain barred: (1) pending the outcome of any further investigation, prosecution or disciplinary action against the employee; or (2) until the Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General independently determines that the allegation or allegations against the employee will be unsubstantiated or unfounded in the Office of Inspector General's final investigative report. Defines \"credible evidence\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3786"
citation: "Illinois HB 3786 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick J. Joyce", "Robyn Gabel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66c90589-ae87-4b09-8398-551810f009f3"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3786&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132850&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "acd6ed4d3e0e6ec136f24175252ee1929496e59df156296e0f0f004f653acd3b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 3786 (102nd) — MHDD CD-RECIPIENT ABUSE

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that when an initial investigation of a reported allegation of abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of a recipient of services indicates, based upon credible evidence, that an employee of a mental health or developmental disability facility is the perpetrator of the abuse, that employee shall immediately be barred from any further contact with recipients of services of the facility. Provides that an employee barred from contact with recipients of services shall remain barred: (1) pending the outcome of any further investigation, prosecution or disciplinary action against the employee; or (2) until the Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General independently determines that the allegation or allegations against the employee will be unsubstantiated or unfounded in the Office of Inspector General's final investigative report. Defines "credible evidence".

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3786.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3786eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3786enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick J. Joyce — primary (person)
- Robyn Gabel — primary (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 099-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 28, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2021-05-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 30, 2021
- **2021-05-25** Assigned to Behavioral and Mental Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** Waive Posting Notice
- **2021-05-25** Do Pass Behavioral and Mental Health; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 26, 2021
- **2021-05-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 27, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0501 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66c90589-ae87-4b09-8398-551810f009f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).