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CS/CS/HB 1081: Substance Abuse and Mental Health

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee ; Stevenson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Webb

Substance Abuse and Mental Health; Provides additional duties for Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention & Suicide Prevention Coordinating Counsel; revises composition of council; expands definition of "mental illness" to provide certain exclusions; revises entities that are exempt from certain licensing requirements; authorizes jails to share medical information pertaining to specified defendants to DCF; requires maintenance of psychotropic medications to specified defendants.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/10/2020 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7012 (Ch. 2020-39) -HJ 1070
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/3/2020 House • Filed
1/13/2020 House • Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 94
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 94
1/27/2020 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
1/29/2020 House • CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 478
1/31/2020 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 476
2/3/2020 House • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 482
2/7/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
2/11/2020 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 550
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 550
2/14/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
2/18/2020 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 629
2/20/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 625
2/21/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 638
3/10/2020 House • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7012 (Ch. 2020-39) -HJ 1070