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SB 275 Inmates; emergency psychiatric treatment.
Introduced by: Ken T. Cuccinelli, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Mentally ill defendants; treatment. Adds a provision that a defendant in a criminal matter may be hospitalized if so seriously mentally ill as to be unable to care for himself. Under current law the standard is "imminently dangerous to himself or others." The provision applies to pretrial, after conviction but before sentencing and after sentencing. The bill specifies that the evaluation must be done in person by an employee of the community services board or its designee who is skilled in the assessment and treatment of mental illness and has completed a certification program approved by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080744216 pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 080859216-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/08/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080744216
- 01/08/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/08 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
- 01/28/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 080859216-S1
- 01/28/08 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/08 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/13/08 Senate: Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 12/05/08 Senate: Left in Finance