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2010 SESSION
SB 158 Mental health courts; definition, district and circuit courts may establish in any jurisdiction.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Mental health courts. Provides that any district court or circuit court may establish a mental health court, which is a separate court docket within the existing calendar of a district or circuit court offering judicial monitoring of the treatment and supervision of certain individuals with mental illness who are under the jurisdiction of the criminal court. Any such court shall be required to have (i) identification of eligible individuals; (ii) the provision of services by a willing local community services board or behavioral health authority serving the territorial jurisdiction of the court and which can provide, or contract for the provision of, appropriate treatment and services for the offender; (iii) court-established treatment and compliance terms of participation; and (iv) a process for monitoring the adherence to court requirements. This bill incorporates SB 592.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100305D pdf
- 02/08/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104744D-S1 pdf
- 03/08/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105759D-H1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100305D
- 01/11/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/10 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/08/10 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/10 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/08/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104744D-S1
- 02/11/10 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/10 Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/10 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/10 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104744D-S1
- 02/16/10 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB158S1
- 02/16/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/10 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/10 House: Read first time
- 02/17/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 03/05/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
- 03/08/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105759D-H1
- 03/09/10 House: Read second time
- 03/09/10 House: Constitutional reading dispensed (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: Motion to reconsider constitutional reading dispensed agreed to
- 03/09/10 House: Constitutional reading dispensed (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105759D-H1
- 03/09/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB158H1
- 03/09/10 House: Passed House with substitute (83-Y 11-N)
- 03/09/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (83-Y 11-N)
- 03/10/10 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
- 03/11/10 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/11/10 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/11/10 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/10 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/11/10 Senate: Senators: Edwards, Quayle, Petersen
- 03/11/10 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/10 House: Delegates: Bell, Robert B., Cline, McClellan
- 03/14/10 Senate: No further action taken
- 03/14/10 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate