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2006 SESSION
HB 43 Mental health; change in criteria for assisted outpatient treatment program.
Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Mental health; outpatient treatment orders. Changes the criteria for ordering outpatient mental health treatment rather than involuntary inpatient treatment. Strikes the requirement that a person be found to be a danger to himself or others and instead requires a finding that assisted outpatient treatment will be sufficient to prevent him from harming himself or others.
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HISTORY
- 12/08/05 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063622204
- 12/08/05 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/06 House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Civil Law
- 02/03/06 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote