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Bill	MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS: CORONER	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that records and communications of a deceased recipient shall (instead of "may") be disclosed to a coroner conducting a preliminary investigation into the recipient's death. Deletes language providing that records and communications of the deceased recipient disclosed to a coroner in an investigation shall be limited solely to the deceased recipient's records and communications relating to the factual circumstances of the incident being investigated in a mental health facility.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4694	Illinois HB 4694 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2014-02-05	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/abbc6f24-8f03-48e9-a84c-18e95316745c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4694&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79344&SessionID=85&GA=98	690237cf096a2af6efd1e631d3cf4ade6dff309ec123e03c0eb6f3ff913d4461	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4694 (98th) — MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS: CORONER

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that records and communications of a deceased recipient shall (instead of "may") be disclosed to a coroner conducting a preliminary investigation into the recipient's death. Deletes language providing that records and communications of the deceased recipient disclosed to a coroner in an investigation shall be limited solely to the deceased recipient's records and communications relating to the factual circumstances of the incident being investigated in a mental health facility.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Brady — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady filing
• 2014-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2014-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2014-03-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. John D'Amico
• 2014-03-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2014-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2014-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Postponed - Local Government
• 2014-05-14 Do Pass Local Government; 012-000-001 committee-passage
• 2014-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2014
• 2014-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0908 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abbc6f24-8f03-48e9-a84c-18e95316745c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).