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 |  | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0836   Introduced 2/11/2015, by Sen. John M. Sullivan  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 |   |   430 ILCS 65/8.1 |  from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1 |   
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 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notification of dispositions of certain criminal cases.
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is  | 
| 5 |  | amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (430 ILCS 65/8.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 8.1. Notifications to the Department of State Police.
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| 8 |  |  (a) The
The Circuit Clerk shall, in the form and manner  | 
| 9 |  | required by the
Supreme Court, notify the Department of State  | 
| 10 |  | Police of all final dispositions
of cases for which the  | 
| 11 |  | Department has received information reported to it under
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| 12 |  | Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Criminal Identification Act. | 
| 13 |  |  (b) Upon adjudication of any individual as a mentally  | 
| 14 |  | disabled person as defined in Section 1.1 of this Act or a  | 
| 15 |  | finding that a person has been involuntarily admitted, the  | 
| 16 |  | court shall direct the circuit court clerk to immediately  | 
| 17 |  | notify the Department of State Police, Firearm Owner's  | 
| 18 |  | Identification (FOID) department, and shall forward a copy of  | 
| 19 |  | the court order to the Department. | 
| 20 |  |  (c) The Department of Human Services shall, in the form and  | 
| 21 |  | manner prescribed by the Department of State Police, report all  | 
| 22 |  | information collected under subsection (b) of Section 12 of the  | 
| 23 |  | Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality  | 
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| 1 |  | Act for the purpose of determining whether a person who may be  | 
| 2 |  | or may have been a patient in a mental health facility is  | 
| 3 |  | disqualified under State or federal law from receiving or  | 
| 4 |  | retaining a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or purchasing  | 
| 5 |  | a weapon. | 
| 6 |  |  (d) If a person is determined to pose a clear and present  | 
| 7 |  | danger to himself, herself, or to others: | 
| 8 |  |   (1) by a physician, clinical psychologist, or  | 
| 9 |  |  qualified examiner, or is determined to be developmentally  | 
| 10 |  |  disabled by a physician, clinical psychologist, or  | 
| 11 |  |  qualified examiner, whether employed by the State or  | 
| 12 |  |  privately, then the physician, clinical psychologist, or  | 
| 13 |  |  qualified examiner shall, within 24 hours of making the  | 
| 14 |  |  determination, notify the Department of Human Services  | 
| 15 |  |  that the person poses a clear and present danger or is  | 
| 16 |  |  developmentally disabled; or | 
| 17 |  |   (2) by a law enforcement official or school  | 
| 18 |  |  administrator, then the law enforcement official or school  | 
| 19 |  |  administrator shall, within 24 hours of making the  | 
| 20 |  |  determination, notify the Department of State Police that  | 
| 21 |  |  the person poses a clear and present danger.  | 
| 22 |  |  The Department of Human Services shall immediately update  | 
| 23 |  | its records and information relating to mental health and  | 
| 24 |  | developmental disabilities, and if appropriate, shall notify  | 
| 25 |  | the Department of State Police in a form and manner prescribed  | 
| 26 |  | by the Department of State Police. The Department of State  | 
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| 1 |  | Police shall determine whether to revoke the person's Firearm  | 
| 2 |  | Owner's Identification Card under Section 8 of this Act. Any  | 
| 3 |  | information disclosed under this subsection shall remain  | 
| 4 |  | privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed,  | 
| 5 |  | except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of this  | 
| 6 |  | Act, nor used for any other purpose. The method of providing  | 
| 7 |  | this information shall guarantee that the information is not  | 
| 8 |  | released beyond what is necessary for the purpose of this  | 
| 9 |  | Section and shall be provided by rule by the Department of  | 
| 10 |  | Human Services. The identity of the person reporting under this  | 
| 11 |  | Section shall not be disclosed to the subject of the report.  | 
| 12 |  | The physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner, law  | 
| 13 |  | enforcement official, or school administrator making the  | 
| 14 |  | determination and his or her employer shall not be held  | 
| 15 |  | criminally, civilly, or professionally liable for making or not  | 
| 16 |  | making the notification required under this subsection, except  | 
| 17 |  | for willful or wanton misconduct. | 
| 18 |  |  (e) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules to  | 
| 19 |  | implement this Section.  | 
| 20 |  | (Source: P.A. 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-600,  | 
| 21 |  | eff. 12-6-13.)
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