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2024 SESSION
SB 653 State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders, delayed admission to determine med. needs.
Introduced by: Tara A. Durant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders; delayed admission to determine medical needs. Allows state psychiatric hospitals to delay admission of an individual under a temporary detention order until the state psychiatric hospital has determined that the individual does not have potentially life-threatening medical needs that require immediate evaluation and treatment that the state psychiatric hospital is incapable of providing. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Behavioral Health Commission.
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HISTORY
- 01/15/24 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24103979D
- 01/15/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/24 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)