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SB 940 Mental health screening of prisoners at local correctional facilities.
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Mental health screening of inmates at local correctional facilities. Requires that the staff of a local correctional facility screen persons admitted to the facility for mental illness using a scientifically validated instrument designated by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill provides that if the screening indicates that a person may have a mental illness, an assessment of his need for mental services shall be conducted within 72 hours of the time of the screening by a qualified mental health professional, which is defined in the bill. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the State Board of Corrections and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to (i) ensure that local and regional correctional facilities are aware of the aforementioned requirements and (ii) develop and deliver a training program for employees of such facilities regarding the administration of such instrument. This bill incorporates SB 933.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101438D pdf
- 01/20/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104413D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104923D-S2 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 12/29/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101438D
- 12/29/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/13/17 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/17 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 01/17/17 Senate: Recommitted to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/20/17 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104413D-S1
- 01/20/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/31/17 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104923D-S2
- 01/31/17 Senate: Incorporates SB933 (Favola)
- 02/01/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/17 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 17104413D-S1
- 02/01/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104923D-S2
- 02/01/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB940S2
- 02/02/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/17 House: Read first time
- 02/06/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/07/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/08/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/15/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
- 02/16/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/21/17 House: Left in Appropriations