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2023 SESSION
HB 1976 Involuntary admission; release of individual.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Temporary detention; release of detained individual. Permits the director of a facility where a person is awaiting transport to the facility of temporary detention pursuant to a temporary detention order to release the person if an employee or a designee of the local community services board, in consultation with the person's treating physician, (i) conducts an evaluation of the person, (ii) determines that the person no longer meets the commitment criteria, (iii) authorizes the release of the person, and (iv) provides a discharge plan. This bill is identical to SB 1299.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104304D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105810D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107148D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1976ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104304D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/26/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105810D-H1
- 02/05/23 House: Read first time
- 02/06/23 House: Read second time
- 02/06/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23105810D-H1
- 02/06/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1976H1
- 02/07/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/15/23 Senate: Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/23 Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/17/23 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107148D-S1
- 02/20/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/21/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23107148D-S1
- 02/21/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1976S1
- 02/21/23 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 23107148D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/22/23 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/23/23 House: House acceded to request
- 02/23/23 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/23 House: Delegates: Bell, Ransone, Watts
- 02/23/23 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senators: Deeds, McClellan, Stuart
- 02/24/23 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/24/23 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 House: Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/23 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1976ER)
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/22/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)