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2006 SESSION
HB 353 Mental health facility; transportation by sheriff's office of individuals to be admitted.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Mental health; transportation of individuals to be admitted. Requires that any individual certified for admission to a mental health facility, or being transported due to an emergency custody order or a temporary detention order, be transported by the sheriff's office of the appropriate jurisdiction. Repeals section allowing any judge or special justice to order a person admitted to a mental health facility to be placed in the custody of any responsible person, including a representative of the facility in which the person is temporarily placed during the temporary detention period, for the sole purpose of transporting the person to the proper facility.
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HISTORY
- 01/06/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066019316
- 01/06/06 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/02/06 House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote