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CS/HB 721: Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Silvers ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Duran

Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services; Requires jails to provide medical information pertaining to defendants who have been adjudicated incompetent to proceed or adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity & committed to DCF; requires continued administration of psychotropic medication to certain defendants when discharged & transferred to jails under certain conditions; specifies final authority regarding administration of such medication; removes requirement that DCF develop certification process by rule for community substance abuse prevention coalitions.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in returning Messages
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/15/2017 House • Filed
    11/27/2017 House • Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 64
    11/29/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 4:00 pm, 12 HOB
    12/6/2017 House • Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 259
    12/7/2017 House • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 259
    1/5/2018 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/09/18, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
    1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 63
    • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 313
    1/10/2018 House • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 313
    1/16/2018 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/18/18, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
    1/18/2018 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -HJ 378
    1/19/2018 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    1/22/2018 House • CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 378
    1/23/2018 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 390
    1/25/2018 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
    1/31/2018 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 455
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 455
    • CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 455
    2/7/2018 Senate • In Messages
    2/8/2018 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 345
    • Received -SJ 345
    3/8/2018 Senate • Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 930
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 930
    • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 960 -SJ 930
    • Read 2nd time -SJ 930
    • Amendment(s) adopted (741006) -SJ 930
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/9/2018 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 1022
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 1022
    3/9/2018 House • In returning messages
    3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in returning Messages

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  • CS/HB 721, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/19/2018 at 5:46 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 960 (c2) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Baxley Similar Last Action: 3/8/2018 S Laid on Table -SJ 930

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    741006 - Amendment
    Between lines 25 and 26 insert:
    Baxley 3/8/2018
    10:32 AM
    Senate: Adopted
    3/8/2018
    Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    1/31/2018 4:29 PM House 114 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/9/2018 7:03 PM Senate 37 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    397.321 Duties of the department. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 2 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • HB 721, Original Filed Version Posted 11/15/2017 at 5:04 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 12/7/2017 (pdf)
    Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/10/2018 (pdf)
    Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/19/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 960 (c1) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Baxley Similar Last Action: 3/8/2018 S Laid on Table -SJ 930

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    167613 - Amendment
    Remove lines 50-91 and insert:
    Silvers 1/17/2018
    6:12 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    1/18/2018
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    397.321 Duties of the department. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 2 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 3 (pdf)

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