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2019 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 4024 Firearms; purchase, etc., prohibited when person voluntarily admitted to inpatient treatment.

Introduced by: David E. Yancey | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm prohibited; person voluntarily admitted to inpatient treatment; penalties. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person who has been voluntarily admitted to an inpatient treatment facility for treatment of schizophrenia or bipolar 1 disorder to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm and a Class 4 felony for a person to sell, barter, give, or furnish such person a firearm if he knows such person is prohibited from possessing a firearm. The bill provides a means by which such person may petition the court to have his right to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm restored. The bill also directs private providers, community services boards, and behavioral health authorities to report patient admissions for schizophrenia and bipolar 1 disorder to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and to advise the patient prior to voluntary admission that such admission will prohibit his ability to purchase, possess, or transport a firearm.


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