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2009 SESSION
HB 2060 Mental health law; amends statutes to address issues resulting from overhaul thereof.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Mental health law revisions. Amends mental health statutes to address issues resulting from the overhaul of mental health laws during the 2008 Session. This bill clarifies requirements that law-enforcement initiated emergency custody remains subject to the four hour limit and two hour extension provisions; clarifies that the employee or designee of the community services board attending a commitment hearing need not be the person who prepared the prescreening report, and that neither the employee or designee of the community services board attending a commitment hearing nor the independent examiner who attends the commitment hearing shall be excluded pursuant to an order of sequestration of the witnesses; clarifies that the prescreening report shall be admitted into evidence and made part of the record of the case; and extends the CCRE reporting requirement to close of business on the next business day following the hearing resulting in involuntary commitment. This bill has an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/14/09 093161528 pdf
- 02/16/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2060ER) pdf
- 02/23/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/14/09 093161528
- 01/13/09 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/20/09 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/09 House: Read first time
- 01/22/09 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/04/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/09 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/09/09 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/09/09 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/09 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/09 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION EMERGENCY (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/16/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2060ER)
- 02/17/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/17/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 2/23/09)
- 02/23/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)