republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1524.md

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Bill	MHDD CD-QUALIFIED EXAMINER	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that no respondent may be found subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis unless at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner (rather than at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, or clinical psychologist) who has examined the respondent (rather than who has examined him) testifies in person at the hearing. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1524	Illinois HB 1524 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2011-02-15	2011-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d2e29602-424d-4150-bb0a-8e5b9436e7c9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1524&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58658&SessionID=84&GA=97	07ac1210065fdaebc32dadb220a868bdb678ba5e98a9376b89e1aab77e93aeff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1524 (97th) — MHDD CD-QUALIFIED EXAMINER

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that no respondent may be found subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient or outpatient basis unless at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner (rather than at least one psychiatrist, clinical social worker, or clinical psychologist) who has examined the respondent (rather than who has examined him) testifies in person at the hearing. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-14 Effective Date July 14, 2011
• 2011-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0121 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2e29602-424d-4150-bb0a-8e5b9436e7c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).