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SB 823 Transportation of person under emergency custody, etc.; allowed to be transported by family member.

Introduced by: Ken T. Cuccinelli, II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Transportation of person under emergency custody order.  Provides for transportation of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order as a result of his inability to protect himself from harm, a person under a temporary detention order, and a person under an involuntary commitment order by a family member or friend, representative of the community services board, or other alternative transportation provider with staff trained to provide transportation in a safe manner. This bill is identical to HB 2460.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Transportation of person under emergency custody, temporary detention, or involuntary commitment order. Allows a person under an emergency custody order, temporary detention order, or involuntary commitment order to be transported by a family member; friend; representative of the community services board; health care provider; representative of the facility at which the person will be examined, detained, or admitted; or other transportation provider with personnel trained to provide transportation in a safe manner, upon a finding that such transportation is appropriate. This bill provides that, when making a decision regarding the appropriate transportation of a person under an emergency custody order, temporary detention order, or involuntary commitment order, the magistrate, judge, or special justice shall consider information provided by the community services board or its designee; the local law-enforcement agency, if involved; the petitioner; the person's treating physician; and others with knowledge of the person to be transported.