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CS/SB 1712: Mental Health

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Storms

Mental Health; Authorizing, in certain circumstances, continuation of psychotherapeutic medication for individuals receiving such medication in a jail before admission to a psychiatric or forensic facility; requiring forensic evaluator training for mental health experts appointed to evaluate defendants for competency to proceed or for sanity at the time of the commission of the offense; requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to maintain and annually provide the courts with a forensic evaluator registry; standardizing the protocols, procedures, and criteria used in reporting expert findings in determining competency in juvenile cases; revising requirements related to the forensic evaluator training program that appointed experts must complete; requiring experts after a specified date to have completed such training, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Budget
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/6/2012 Senate • Filed
    1/17/2012 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 229
    • Introduced -SJ 229
    1/31/2012 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Health Regulation
    • References corrected to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 300
    2/14/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building
    2/16/2012 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 524
    2/17/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/20/2012 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 524
    2/21/2012 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 540
    3/1/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 726
    • Now in Budget
    3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Budget

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  • CS/SB 1712, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/17/2012 at 9:26 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1045 (c2) Mental Health Schwartz Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Criminal Justice
    Location: In committee/council (CJ)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 2 (pdf)
    916.111 Training of mental health experts. Page 4 (pdf)
    916.115 Appointment of experts. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 7 (pdf)
    985.19 Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • SB 1712, Original Filed Version Posted 1/6/2012 at 4:40 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 2/15/2012 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 2/17/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1045 (c1) Mental Health Schwartz Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Criminal Justice
    Location: In committee/council (CJ)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (7)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    490656 - Amendment
    Delete lines 121 - 122 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Hays)     		2/15/2012
    10:25 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/16/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 551900 - Amendment to Amendment (490656)
    Delete line 8 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Hays)     		2/16/2012
    9:14 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/16/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    346066 - Amendment
    Delete lines 127 - 129 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Hays)     		2/15/2012
    9:06 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/16/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    955046 - Amendment
    Delete lines 255 - 264 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Hays)     		2/15/2012
    9:06 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/16/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    230838 - Amendment
    Delete line 322 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Hays)     		2/15/2012
    10:25 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/16/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 864278 - Amendment to Amendment (230838)
    Delete line 8 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Hays)     		2/16/2012
    9:15 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/16/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    744718 - Amendment
    Delete lines 326 - 329 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Hays)     		2/15/2012
    9:06 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/16/2012     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/16/2012 10:30 AM Criminal Justice 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 2 (pdf)
    916.111 Training of mental health experts. Page 4 (pdf)
    916.115 Appointment of experts. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 7 (pdf)
    985.19 Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases. Page 7 (pdf)

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