republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-286.md

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Bill	DCFS-PSYCHOTROPIC MEDS-KIDS	Creates the Administration of Psychotropic Medications to Children Act. Requires prior approval from an authorized agent before the administration of psychotropic medications to children for whom the Department of Children and Family Services has legal responsibility. Requires authorized agents to receive training on the list of psychotropic medications approved by the Pharmacological Review Committee, a committee created under the Act for the purpose of developing and publishing a manual that lists all Committee approved psychotropic medications, including the purpose of these medications, the acceptable range of dosages, contraindications, and time limits, if any. Contains provisions on medication approval standards; rules governing the administration of psychotropic medications to children housed in residential facilities or facilities run by the Illinois Department of Corrections; on-site inspections of residential facilities; required forms; training requirements; penalties for violators of the Act; and other matters. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 286	Illinois HB 286 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2011-01-27	2011-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/cc8772bd-a0e9-410a-9738-1c6098d798c2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=286&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=55316&SessionID=84&GA=97	dd62ebade6de80c0f6e0c4b857ffc729bd4f559a4b4ed57324bdb78b5d9493d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 286 (97th) — DCFS-PSYCHOTROPIC MEDS-KIDS

Creates the Administration of Psychotropic Medications to Children Act. Requires prior approval from an authorized agent before the administration of psychotropic medications to children for whom the Department of Children and Family Services has legal responsibility. Requires authorized agents to receive training on the list of psychotropic medications approved by the Pharmacological Review Committee, a committee created under the Act for the purpose of developing and publishing a manual that lists all Committee approved psychotropic medications, including the purpose of these medications, the acceptable range of dosages, contraindications, and time limits, if any. Contains provisions on medication approval standards; rules governing the administration of psychotropic medications to children housed in residential facilities or facilities run by the Illinois Department of Corrections; on-site inspections of residential facilities; required forms; training requirements; penalties for violators of the Act; and other matters. 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 — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers filing
• 2011-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-002-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2011-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2011-03-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2011-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Postponed - Human Services
• 2011-05-10 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2011
• 2011-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0245 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc8772bd-a0e9-410a-9738-1c6098d798c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).