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HB 53 Persons acquitted by reason of insanity; evaluation.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Persons acquitted by reason of insanity; evaluation. Provides that a court may authorize a person acquitted of a crime by reason of insanity to be evaluated for commitment or release with or without conditions on an outpatient basis. The bill provides that if a court authorizes an outpatient evaluation, the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall determine whether to conduct the evaluation on an outpatient basis or to confine the person to a hospital for the purpose of such evaluation. The bill also provides that the evaluation shall be conducted in a hospital if the court does not authorize an outpatient evaluation. Under current law, the person acquitted must be confined to a hospital for the purpose of such evaluation.
FULL TEXT
- 12/01/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100446D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105885D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB53ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/01/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100446D
- 12/01/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/24/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105885D-H1
- 01/31/18 House: Read first time
- 02/01/18 House: Read second time
- 02/01/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18105885D-H1
- 02/01/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB53H1
- 02/02/18 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/02/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/05/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/18 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/18 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/16/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/16/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB53ER)
- 02/16/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/19/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/19/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
- 02/19/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/18)
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)