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Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
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  • HB 121 Mental health treatment for minors; parental notification required.
  • HB 173 Emergency custody orders; magistrate may designate police department or sheriff to execute.
  • HB 256 Involuntary outpatient commitment; five day review of compliance.
  • HB 257 Sexual predator determination proceedings, violent; court may require empanelment of jury.
  • HB 258 Voluntary commitment; acknowledgement as sexually violent predator.
  • HB 267 Involuntary admission; court determines petitioner is indigent, court shall appoint counsel.
  • HB 401 Emergency custody; who may accept custody.
  • HB 475 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
  • HB 499 Involuntary commitment; establishes new standard for outpatient commitment.
  • HB 535 Involuntary mental health treatment; prohibition from purchasing, etc. firearms.
  • HB 559 Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria.
  • HB 560 Commitment hearing; community services board representative, treating physician, etc. to attend.
  • HB 576 Mental health records; health provider shall disclose information to provide care, etc. of minor.
  • HB 582 Psychiatric inpatient treatment of minors; timing of petition and hearing.
  • HB 583 Emergency custody orders; extension of time.
  • HB 657 Involuntary mental health treatment; prohibition from purchasing, etc. firearms.
  • HB 671 Parental notification; student's receipt of mental health treatment.
  • HB 706 Temporary detention order; transportation to medical facility for assessment.
  • HB 707 Involuntary commitment hearings; person shall be held in custody until released to secure facility.
  • HB 709 Firearms; person legally incompetent, etc. prohibited from purchasing, possessing or transporting.
  • HB 735 Involuntary commitment hearings; third-year law students may represent petitioner.
  • HB 737 Independent examiner; records to be reviewed.
  • HB 741 Involuntary mental health treatment; prohibition from purchasing, etc. firearms.
  • HB 751 Involuntary commitment hearings; accessibility of results by colleges and universities.
  • HB 752 Higher educational institutions; mental health record release authorization when enrolling.
  • HB 760 Mentally retarded; replaces term with intellectually disabled.
  • HB 765 Emergency custody or temporary detention order; payment of cost of transportation.
  • HB 782 Mental health records; disclosure, etc.
  • HB 815 Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
  • HB 816 Outpatient treatment; community services board et al., to report any material noncompliance.
  • HB 835 Firearms; misdemeanor to possess, etc. if mentally incompetent.
  • HB 903 Magistrates; reforms system by transferring appointment and supervisory responsibilities.
  • HB 937 Involuntary outpatient treatment; disclosure of medical information.
  • HB 938 Involuntary commitment hearings; petitioner right to appeal.
  • HB 939 Involuntary commitment order; detainee may petition court to transfer to outpatient treatment.
  • HB 948 Community services board employees; legal fees and expenses.
  • HB 950 Uniform Power of Attorney Act; established.
  • HB 952 Insanity plea; time period for notice.
  • HB 1004 Advance directives; mental health directives follows same procedures as for medical.
  • HB 1005 Higher educational institutions; notification to parent of mental health treatment for student.
  • HB 1006 Emergency custody order and temporary detention order hearings; evidence.
  • HB 1041 Sexually violent predators; revises provisions relating to civil commitment & conditional release.
  • HB 1054 Involuntary mental health treatment; prohibition from purchasing, etc. firearms.
  • HB 1059 Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria.
  • HB 1064 Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.
  • HB 1138 Petitioner during civil commitment hearing; representation by an attorney from local State office.
  • HB 1139 Involuntary commitment; consideration of preadmission screening report.
  • HB 1144 Temporary detention order; magistrate may consider recommendation of examining physician, etc.
  • HB 1146 Medical records; persons involved in civil commitment process to access.
  • HB 1168 Temporary detention order; prohibits purchasing firearms if agrees to mental health treatment.
  • HB 1203 Mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; background checks.
  • HB 1237 Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.
  • HB 1251 Institutions of higher education; notification of mental health treatment.
  • HB 1262 Absentee ballot applications; address given shall be where person is located while confined.
  • HB 1322 Involuntary outpatient treatment; court to determine treatment of orders.
  • HB 1323 Temporary detention order; magistrates to issue based on recommendation of treating physicians.
  • HB 1324 Mental health records; mandatory sharing. 
  • HB 1354 Substance abuse services; applications for funding.
  • HB 1475 Central Criminal Records Exchange; clarifies orders for mental health treatment forwarded by court.
  • HB 1491 Temporary detention order; shall not exceed 96 hours.
  • HB 1517 Criminal Records Exchange; prohibits person with mental health treatment from purchasing firearms.
  • HJ 105 Autism services; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
  • HJ 215 Jails, local and regional; joint subcommittee to study mental health services.
  • SB 16 Crisis intervention team pilot programs; established for persons with mental illness, report.
  • SB 18 Mental health courts; establishment of pilot program, report.
  • SB 47 Advance directives; mental health directives follows same procedures as for medical.
  • SB 58 Emergency custody order; renewal.
  • SB 59 Community services board; requires employee that prepared report to attend hearing.
  • SB 60 Involuntary commitment; criteria.
  • SB 64 Community services board; adds crisis stabilization, outpatient, etc. to list of core services.
  • SB 66 Emergency custody; who may accept custody.
  • SB 75 Community services board; requires employee that prepared report to attend hearing.
  • SB 78 Involuntary commitment; time frame for examination of person by independent examiner.
  • SB 79 Independent examiner; records to be reviewed.
  • SB 80 Involuntary commitment; electronic examination by independent examiner.
  • SB 81 Emergency custody; who may accept custody.
  • SB 86 Involuntary commitment hearings; third-year law students may represent petitioner.
  • SB 96 Involuntary commitment hearings; confidentiality of records.
  • SB 97 Mental health records; disclosure.
  • SB 101 Emergency custody order; renewal.