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HB 559 Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

ECO, TDO, involuntary commitment; criteria. Changes the criteria for emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, involuntary commitment, and outpatient treatment, including how that criteria is applied to prisoners and juveniles, so that a person may be taken into custody, temporarily detained, involuntarily committed, or ordered to outpatient treatment if the person has a mental illness and there exists a substantial likelihood that, as a result of mental illness, the person will, in the near future (i) cause serious physical harm to himself or others as evidenced by recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening harm and other relevant information, if any, or (ii) suffer serious harm due to his lack of capacity to protect himself from harm or to provide for his basic human needs. This bill incorporates HB 1059 and HB 1237.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081455432  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/08  House: Committee substitute printed 081465432-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/29/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 089602248-S1  pdf
• 03/04/08  Senate: Floor substitute printed 089660432-S2 (Cuccinelli)  pdf
• 03/07/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB559ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081455432
• 01/07/08  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/08  House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
• 01/25/08  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/08  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/28/08  House: Committee substitute printed 081465432-H1
• 01/29/08  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources (Hamilton)
• 02/08/08  House: Reported from Appropriations (24-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/08  House: Read first time
• 02/11/08  House: Read second time
• 02/11/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 081465432-H1
• 02/11/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB559H1
• 02/12/08  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/08  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/14/08  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
• 02/28/08  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 089602248-S1
• 03/03/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/08  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/04/08  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 089602248-S1
• 03/04/08  Senate: Floor substitute printed 089660432-S2 (Cuccinelli)
• 03/04/08  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 03/04/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/04/08  Senate: Substitute by Senator Cuccinelli agreed to 089660432-S2
• 03/04/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB559S2
• 03/04/08  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/05/08  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 089660432-S2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/08  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/08  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB559ER)
• 03/07/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/02/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 779 (effective 7/1/08)
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)