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type: "Bill"
title: "MHDD CD-QUALIFIED EXAMINER"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1524"
citation: "Illinois HB 1524 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e29602-424d-4150-bb0a-8e5b9436e7c9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1524&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58658&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "07ac1210065fdaebc32dadb220a868bdb678ba5e98a9376b89e1aab77e93aeff"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1524&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58658&DocNum=1524&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1524eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58658&DocNum=1524&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1524enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58658&DocNum=1524&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e29602-424d-4150-bb0a-8e5b9436e7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).