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Bill	MHDD CD-INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a transferring facility remains subject to the federal Emergency Medical Transport and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) when implementing a court order for the involuntary admission of a person on an inpatient basis or a court order for the transfer of a mental health patient to an alternative facility or program of alternative treatment. Requires a transferring facility to satisfy certain duties prior to implementing the order and in addition to those duties provided under the EMTALA. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2936	Illinois HB 2936 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2011-02-22	2011-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/05333f2c-a086-46dc-9388-44a9396dd1e7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2936&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60269&SessionID=84&GA=97	b06cf94ab8e5ac5e5a4bbf56d388a3a173d42ad27c3f4fc90c60c05604013afc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2936 (97th) — MHDD CD-INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a transferring facility remains subject to the federal Emergency Medical Transport and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) when implementing a court order for the involuntary admission of a person on an inpatient basis or a court order for the transfer of a mental health patient to an alternative facility or program of alternative treatment. Requires a transferring facility to satisfy certain duties prior to implementing the order and in addition to those duties provided under the EMTALA. 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 — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Esther Golar — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey filing
• 2011-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-01 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-04-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2011-04-07 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-04-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2011-04-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-04-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2011-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 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; 055-000-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0130 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05333f2c-a086-46dc-9388-44a9396dd1e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).