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2016 SESSION
SB 432 Inpatient mental health treatment; admission of minors 14 years of age or older.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Admission of minors 14 years of age or older for inpatient mental health treatment; nonconsenting parents. Provides a process by which a minor 14 years of age or older may be admitted for inpatient treatment at a mental health facility without the consent of his parents. The bill allows the minor to obtain a preadmission screening report from the local community services board. If after the minor's parents have been given the opportunity to read and discuss the report with the preparer of the report the parents still object to admission, the minor may be admitted to a willing mental health facility on the basis of the findings in the report. The bill requires judicial review of the admission, and the nonconsenting parent shall be given the opportunity to be heard. The bill further provides that a minor 14 years of age or older shall be deemed an adult for the purposes of consenting to inpatient mental health treatment.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103936D
- 01/12/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/28/16 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 5-N)