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2021 SESSION
HB 2166 Involuntary admission; provisions governing involuntary inpatient & mandatory outpatient treatment.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Involuntary admission. Amends provisions governing involuntary inpatient and mandatory outpatient treatment to (i) revise criteria for entry of a mandatory outpatient treatment order to become effective upon expiration of an order for involuntary inpatient treatment; (ii) eliminate the requirement that a person agree to abide by a mandatory outpatient treatment plan to be eligible for mandatory outpatient treatment and instead require that the judge or special justice find that the person is able to adhere to a mandatory outpatient treatment plan; (iii) eliminate the role of a treating physician in determining when a person is eligible to transition from inpatient to mandatory outpatient treatment under an order for mandatory outpatient treatment following a period of involuntary inpatient treatment; (iv) increase from 90 to 180 days the length of an order for mandatory outpatient treatment; (v) revise requirements for monitoring of a person's adherence to a mandatory outpatient treatment plan by a community services board; (vi) expand the category of persons who may file petitions for various reviews of a mandatory outpatient treatment order or plan; and (vii) add a provision for status hearings during the period of mandatory outpatient treatment.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102637D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102637D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102637D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/21 House: Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (3-Y 2-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/28/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/03/21 House: Read second time
- 02/03/21 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/03/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2166E
- 02/03/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102637D-E
- 02/04/21 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/21 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)