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2003 SESSION
HB 2698 Civil commitment procedures.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Civil commitment procedures. Requires the Secretary of Public Safety, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, to appoint a committee on civil commitment procedures to establish statewide policies and guidelines that identify the party or parties responsible for the safety and security of individuals who are the subject of or who participate in involuntary detention and admission activities in order to assist the courts and other participating parties in the uniform and effective operation of the Commonwealth's civil commitment statutes. The policies and guidelines must include transportation, custody, medical evaluation, screening and treatment, and detention services and must recognize the varying resources of localities and conditions and needs of individuals under temporary detention orders and provide for protection of patients, staff, and employees of facilities as well as be consistent with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which requires hospitals to treat or stabilize and transport individuals presenting with an emergency or in active labor. The committee must report these policies and guidelines by October 1, 2003, and include recommendations for any legislative actions needed to implement the policies and guidelines. These policies and guidelines will be used by the applicable local representatives or counterparts of the agencies and organizations represented on the committee to develop local procedures. The representatives or counterparts are charged with reviewing the local procedures annually and revising them as necessary. This provision will, however, expire on July 1, 2004, pursuant to a second enactment clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/03 House: Presented & ordered printed 033152760 pdf
- 02/01/03 House: Committee substitute printed 033171760-H1 pdf
- 02/21/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2698ER) pdf
- 03/26/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/15/03 House: Presented & ordered printed 033152760
- 01/15/03 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/03 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/03 House: Read first time
- 02/01/03 House: Committee substitute printed 033171760-H1
- 02/03/03 House: Read second time
- 02/03/03 House: Committee substitute agreed to 033171760-H1
- 02/03/03 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 033171760-H1
- 02/04/03 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/03 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/03 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/03 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2698ER)
- 02/21/03 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/03 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 523 (effective 7/1/03)
- 03/26/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523)