Topic:
Mental health records
(Barickman, R-Pontiac) amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to allow records and communications made to or by a therapist in the course of court-ordered treatment to render the recipient fit to stand trial or in the course of an assessment or treatment at an outpatient facility, a residential treatment facility, or a local jail or detention center to be disclosed to a court-appointed therapist, psychologist, or psychiatrist (instead of in the course of court-ordered treatment to render the recipient fit to stand trial) for use in determining a person's fitness to stand trial. Provides that the records and communications shall be admissible only as to issues involving the recipient's physical or mental condition and only to the extent that these are germane to such proceedings.Passed the House and on first reading in the Senate.