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2008 SESSION

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HB 939 Involuntary commitment order; detainee may petition court to transfer to outpatient treatment.

Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Involuntary commitment; transfer to outpatient treatment.  Provides that the person subject to an involuntary commitment order may petition the court to order that he be transferred to involuntary outpatient treatment or released and, upon consideration of the petition, a commitment hearing shall be conducted within 10 days. Only one such petition may be filed during each involuntary commitment order period.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081430432  pdf
• 01/30/08  House: Printed as engrossed 081430432-E  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments

HISTORY

• 01/08/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081430432
• 01/08/08  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/16/08  House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
• 01/25/08  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/08  House: Read first time
• 01/30/08  House: Read second time
• 01/30/08  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/30/08  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB939E
• 01/30/08  House: Printed as engrossed 081430432-E
• 01/31/08  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/01/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/01/08  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: Subject matter referred to Commission on Mental Health Law Reform pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (L)
• 02/28/08  Senate: Passed by in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N)