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2007 SESSION
SB 35 Insanity, not guilty by reason of; petition for temporary visit .
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Not guilty by reason of insanity. Requires that before a hospitalized acquittee may be granted a temporary (no more than 48 hours) visit from the hospital there be court approval that the visit would be therapeutic and would not pose a danger to others. Under current law, the Commissioner of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services may authorize such a visit if the acquittee is not a substantial danger to others.
FULL TEXT
- 12/21/05 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063396808 pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 061409808-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 12/21/05 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063396808
- 12/21/05 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/06 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/06 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/09/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 061409808-S1
- 02/09/06 Senate: Continued to 2007 in Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 12/11/06 Senate: Left in Finance