This section authorizes emergency involuntary admission of adults (18 years of age or older) to a mental health facility on an inpatient basis when immediate hospitalization is needed. Facility operators must be prepared to receive and admit individuals under this involuntary inpatient process as governed by this Article.
View official source(405 ILCS 5/3-600) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-600) Sec. 3-600. A person 18 years of age or older who is subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis and in need of immediate hospitalization may be admitted to a mental health facility pursuant to this Article. (Source: P.A. 96-1399, eff. 7-29-10; 96-1453, eff. 8-20-10.)