CS/SB 828: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Book; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gainer
Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Requiring facilities to inform respondents with a serious mental illness of the essential elements of recovery and provide them assistance in accessing a continuum of care regimen; authorizing the state to establish that a transfer evaluation was performed by providing the court with a copy of the evaluation before the close of the state’s case in chief; revising the requirements for when a person may be taken to a receiving facility for involuntary examination; revising the requirements for when a person may be ordered for involuntary inpatient placement; requiring the clerk of the court to notify the state attorney’s office upon the receipt of a petition filed for involuntary treatment services, etc.
Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Judiciary
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- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/26/2021 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 2/4/2021 | Senate |
• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 97 |
| 2/8/2021 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/16/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building |
| 2/16/2021 | Senate |
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 178 |
| 2/18/2021 | Senate |
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Judiciary |
| 3/2/2021 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 96 • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 173 |
| 4/30/2021 | Senate |
• Died in Judiciary |