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725 ILCS 5/104-17 (2026)

Commitment for treatment; treatment plan

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(725 ILCS 5/104-17) (from Ch. 38, par. 104-17)
    Sec. 104-17. Commitment for treatment; treatment plan.
    (a) If the defendant is eligible to be or has been released on pretrial release, the court shall select the least physically restrictive form of treatment therapeutically appropriate and consistent with the treatment plan. The placement may be ordered either on an inpatient or an outpatient basis. Placement shall be on an outpatient basis unless the court determines that:
        (1) treatment on an outpatient basis is reasonably
    
expected to inflict serious physical harm upon the defendant or another. No defendant may be ordered to inpatient restoration unless at least one licensed physician, clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist who has examined the defendant testifies in person at the hearing. The defendant may waive the requirement of the testimony subject to the approval of the court; or
        (2) treatment that will restore the defendant to
    
fitness within a reasonable period of time is not available on an outpatient basis.
    (b) If the defendant's disability is mental, the court may order him placed for secure treatment in the custody of the Department of Human Services, or the court may order him placed in the custody of any other appropriate public or private mental health facility or treatment program which has agreed to provide treatment to the defendant. If the most serious charge faced by the defendant is a misdemeanor, the court shall order outpatient treatment, unless the court finds on the record that the defendant is reasonably expected to inflict serious physical harm on the defendant or another due to mental illness. No defendant may be ordered to inpatient restoration unless at least one licensed physician, clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist who has examined the defendant testifies in person at the hearing. The defendant may waive the requirement of the testimony subject to the approval of the court. If the court orders the defendant to inpatient treatment in the custody of the Department of Human Services, the Department shall evaluate the defendant to determine the most appropriate secure facility to receive the defendant and, within 20 days of the transmittal by the clerk of the circuit court of the court's placement order, notify the court of the designated facility to receive the defendant. The Department shall admit the defendant to a secure facility within 60 days of the transmittal of the court's placement order, unless the Department can demonstrate good faith efforts at placement and a lack of bed and placement availability. If placement cannot be made within 60 days of the transmittal of the court's placement order and the Department has demonstrated good faith efforts at placement and a lack of bed and placement availability, the Department shall provide an update to the ordering court every 30 days until the defendant is placed. Once bed and placement availability is determined, the Department shall notify the sheriff who shall promptly transport the defendant to the designated facility. If the defendant is placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, the defendant shall be placed in a secure setting. During the period of time required to determine bed and placement availability at the designated facility, the defendant shall remain in jail. If during the course of evaluating the defendant for placement, the Department of Human Services determines that the defendant is currently fit to stand trial, it shall immediately notify the court and shall submit a written report within 7 days. In that circumstance the placement shall be held pending a court hearing on the Department's report. Otherwise, upon completion of the placement process, including identifying bed and placement availability, the sheriff shall be notified and shall transport the defendant to the designated facility. If, within 60 days of the transmittal by the clerk of the circuit court of the court's placement order, the Department fails to provide the sheriff with notice of bed and placement availability at the designated facility, the sheriff shall contact the Department to inquire about when a placement will become available at the designated facility as well as bed and placement availability at other secure facilities. The Department shall respond to the sheriff within 2 business days of the notice and inquiry by the sheriff seeking the transfer and the Department shall provide the sheriff with the status of the evaluation, information on bed and placement availability, and an estimated date of admission for the defendant and any changes to that estimated date of admission. If the Department notifies the sheriff during the 2 business day period of a facility operated by the Department with placement availability, the sheriff shall promptly transport the defendant to that facility. The placement may be ordered either on an inpatient or an outpatient basis.
    (c) If the defendant's disability is physical, the court may order him placed under the supervision of the Department of Human Services which shall place and maintain the defendant in a suitable treatment facility or program, or the court may order him placed in an appropriate public or private facility or treatment program which has agreed to provide treatment to the defendant. The placement may be ordered either on an inpatient or an outpatient basis.
    (d) The clerk of the circuit court shall within 5 days of the entry of the order transmit to the Department, agency or institution, if any, to which the defendant is remanded for treatment, the following:
        (1) a certified copy of the order to undergo
    
treatment. Accompanying the certified copy of the order to undergo treatment shall be the complete copy of any report prepared under Section 104-15 of this Code or other report prepared by a forensic examiner for the court;
        (2) the county and municipality in which the offense
    
was committed;
        (3) the county and municipality in which the arrest
    
took place;
        (4) a copy of the arrest report, criminal charges,
    
arrest record; and
        (5) all additional matters which the Court directs
    
the clerk to transmit.
    (e) Within 30 days of admission to the designated facility, the person supervising the defendant's treatment shall file with the court, the State, and the defense a report assessing the facility's or program's capacity to provide appropriate treatment for the defendant and indicating his opinion as to the probability of the defendant's attaining fitness within a period of time from the date of the finding of unfitness. For a defendant charged with a felony, the period of time shall be one year. For a defendant charged with a misdemeanor, the period of time shall be no longer than the sentence if convicted of the most serious offense, less credit for good behavior as provided in Section 5-4-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections. If the report indicates that there is a substantial probability that the defendant will attain fitness within the time period, the treatment supervisor shall also file a treatment plan which shall include:
        (1) A diagnosis of the defendant's disability;
        (2) A description of treatment goals with respect to
    
rendering the defendant fit, a specification of the proposed treatment modalities, and an estimated timetable for attainment of the goals;
        (3) An identification of the person in charge of
    
supervising the defendant's treatment.
(Source: P.A. 104-318, eff. 1-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: People v. Weinstein, 2024 IL App (2d) 230062 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
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People v. Weinstein, 2024 IL App (2d) 230062 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 3× “Subsequently, the court held the Department in indirect civil contempt of court for failing to obey those orders and comply with certain statutory mandates (725 ILCS 5/104-17 (West 2020)) and it imposed a $500-per-day fine in each case until the defendant was placed and provided…”
People v. Corbett, 2022 IL App (2d) 200025 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 3× “And so at this time, I am going to find pursuant to 725 ILCS 5/104-17(a) that inpatient treatment is the least physically restrictive form of treatment therapeutically appropriate and consistent with the treatment plan.”
People v. Gillon, 2016 IL App (4th) 140801 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2012). We acknowledge this statutory section does not specifically require the fitness decision be made by a psychiatrist or a psychologist.”
Barichello v. Mcdonald, 98 F.3d 948 (7th Cir. 1996). “Barichello was found to be unfit to stand trial ("UST"), and was placed in the custody of the DMH on November 3, 1983, pursuant to 725 ILCS 5/104-17(b). 7 After Barichello had spent a year at the Chester Mental Health Center ("Chester"), a judge of the Cook County Criminal Court…”
People v. Holt, 2013 IL App (2d) 120476 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “Section 104- 17(b) of the Code (725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2012)) provides that, if the defendant is unfit due to a mental condition, “the court may order him placed for treatment in the custody of the Department of Human Services, or the court may order him placed in the…”
People v. Sedlacek, 2013 IL App (5th) 120106 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “See 725 ILCS 5/104-17(e) (West 2008). Noting, inter alia, that the defendant had been “[r]eceiving psychiatric treatment since age 17,” the report advised that the defendant suffered from chronic schizophrenia.”
People v. Council, 2023 IL App (5th) 230716-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2022). As such, the defendant is currently being detained pursuant to the circuit court’s detention order of September 19, 2023, and also pursuant to the statutory regulations that govern those defendants who have been adjudicated unfit to stand…”
People v. Batts, 2025 IL App (3d) 240502 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 5× “However, the trial court denied the motion because the 60-day deadline contained in the fitness statute (725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2024)) for Batts to be placed into treatment had not yet passed.”
In re Evelyn S. (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 4× “725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2000). Within 30 days of the entry of such an order, the person supervising the treatment must file a report specifying the defendant's diagnosis, the manner of treatment proposed, and an estimate of the time it will take to render the defendant…”
Bertha v. Zubik, 2022 IL App (2d) 220073-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “In count I, plaintiff alleged that defendants (whom the third amended complaint implied were on the staff of the Elgin Mental Health Center) failed to timely file a written report pursuant to section 104-17(e) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code of Criminal…”
People v. Simmons, 2022 IL App (4th) 210700-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “725 ILCS 5/104-17(e), 104-23 (West 2020).”
People v. Slavin, 2020 IL App (2d) 180927-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “See 725 ILCS 5/104-17 (West 2018). Defendant was treated at the Elgin Mental Health Center (EMHC).”
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— 725 ILCS 5/104-17(a) — 3 cases
People v. Corbett, 2022 IL App (2d) 200025 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “And so at this time, I am going to find pursuant to 725 ILCS 5/104-17(a) that inpatient treatment is the least physically restrictive form of treatment therapeutically appropriate and consistent with the treatment plan.”
People v. Brooks, 2025 IL App (1st) 251709 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025).
People v. Brooks, 2025 IL App (1st) 251709-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025).
— 725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) — 7 cases
People v. Gillon, 2016 IL App (4th) 140801 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2012). We acknowledge this statutory section does not specifically require the fitness decision be made by a psychiatrist or a psychologist.”
People v. Weinstein, 2024 IL App (2d) 230062 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “Subsequently, the court held the Department in indirect civil contempt of court for failing to obey those orders and comply with certain statutory mandates (725 ILCS 5/104-17 (West 2020)) and it imposed a $500-per-day fine in each case until the defendant was placed and provided…”
Barichello v. Mcdonald, 98 F.3d 948 (7th Cir. 1996). “Barichello was found to be unfit to stand trial ("UST"), and was placed in the custody of the DMH on November 3, 1983, pursuant to 725 ILCS 5/104-17(b). 7 After Barichello had spent a year at the Chester Mental Health Center ("Chester"), a judge of the Cook County Criminal Court…”
People v. Holt, 2013 IL App (2d) 120476 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “Section 104- 17(b) of the Code (725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2012)) provides that, if the defendant is unfit due to a mental condition, “the court may order him placed for treatment in the custody of the Department of Human Services, or the court may order him placed in the…”
People v. Council, 2023 IL App (5th) 230716-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2022). As such, the defendant is currently being detained pursuant to the circuit court’s detention order of September 19, 2023, and also pursuant to the statutory regulations that govern those defendants who have been adjudicated unfit to stand…”
— 725 ILCS 5/104-17(d) — 1 case
People v. Bone, 2024 IL App (5th) 231192-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
— 725 ILCS 5/104-17(e) — 9 cases
People v. Corbett, 2022 IL App (2d) 200025 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “And so at this time, I am going to find pursuant to 725 ILCS 5/104-17(a) that inpatient treatment is the least physically restrictive form of treatment therapeutically appropriate and consistent with the treatment plan.”
People v. Weinstein, 2024 IL App (2d) 230062 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “Subsequently, the court held the Department in indirect civil contempt of court for failing to obey those orders and comply with certain statutory mandates (725 ILCS 5/104-17 (West 2020)) and it imposed a $500-per-day fine in each case until the defendant was placed and provided…”
People v. Sedlacek, 2013 IL App (5th) 120106 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “See 725 ILCS 5/104-17(e) (West 2008). Noting, inter alia, that the defendant had been “[r]eceiving psychiatric treatment since age 17,” the report advised that the defendant suffered from chronic schizophrenia.”
Bertha v. Zubik, 2022 IL App (2d) 220073-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “In count I, plaintiff alleged that defendants (whom the third amended complaint implied were on the staff of the Elgin Mental Health Center) failed to timely file a written report pursuant to section 104-17(e) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code of Criminal…”
People v. Batts, 2025 IL App (3d) 240502 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “However, the trial court denied the motion because the 60-day deadline contained in the fitness statute (725 ILCS 5/104-17(b) (West 2024)) for Batts to be placed into treatment had not yet passed.”
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