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SB 358: Mental Health and Substance Abuse

GENERAL BILL by Garcia ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Torres

Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families to approve receiving systems for behavioral health care; deleting an obsolete provision requiring a report by the department and the Agency for Health Care Administration; requiring the department to post certain data on its website; specifying that certain court hearings must be scheduled within 5 court working days unless a continuance is granted, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2514 (Ch. 2017-129)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/12/2017 Senate • Filed
    1/25/2017 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 61
    1/30/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/06/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    2/6/2017 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 147
    2/7/2017 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 147
    2/13/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/22/17, 12:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    2/22/2017 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 149
    • Now in Appropriations -SJ 149
    3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 61
    3/13/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/16/17, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/16/2017 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -SJ 233
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 233
    3/27/2017 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/29/17
    3/29/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 253
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/30/2017 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 274
    • Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 274
    4/4/2017 House • In Messages
    5/5/2017 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2514 (Ch. 2017-129)

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  • SB 358, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/12/2017 at 9:17 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2017 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2017 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 2/21/2017 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 2/22/2017 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2017 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 3/16/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1327 Behavioral Health Services Peters, Berman Compare Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2514 (Ch. 2017-129)
    S 2514 (er) Health Care Appropriations Compare Last Action: 6/19/2017 Chapter No. 2017-129, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    2/6/2017 4:00 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 4 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/22/2017 12:30 PM Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/16/2017 10:00 AM Appropriations 18 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/30/2017 10:05 AM Senate 38 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    394.461 Designation of receiving and treatment facilities and receiving systems. Page 1 (pdf)
    394.879 Rules; enforcement. Page 5 (pdf)
    394.9082 Behavioral health managing entities. Page 5 (pdf)
    397.6955 Duties of court upon filing of petition for involuntary services. Page 7 (pdf)

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