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SB 1083 Mental health law; amends statutes to address issues resulting from overhaul thereof.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | 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 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/14/09 097825248 pdf
- 02/09/09 Senate: Printed as engrossed 097825248-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1083ER) pdf
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1083ER2) pdf
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/09 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/14/09 097825248
- 01/13/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/09 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: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/09 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/09 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/09/09 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1083E
- 02/09/09 Senate: Printed as engrossed 097825248-E
- 02/09/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/09 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/09 House: Read first time
- 02/11/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/09 House: Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 02/18/09 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/19/09 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/09 House: Read second time
- 02/23/09 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/09 House: Read third time
- 02/24/09 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/09 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1083ER)
- 02/28/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/30/09 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/07/09 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/08/09 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1083ER2)
- 04/08/09 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Enacted, Chapter 838 (effective 4/8/09)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)