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CS/SB 1412: Mental Health

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Bradley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Davis

Mental Health; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families to issue a conditional designation for up to a certain number of days to allow the implementation of certain corrective measures by receiving facilities, treatment facilities, and receiving systems; requiring the sheriff to administer or to permit the department to administer the appropriate psychotropic medication to forensic clients before admission to a state mental health treatment facility; revising what an expert is required to specifically report on for recommended treatment for a defendant to attain competence to proceed, if the expert finds that a defendant is incompetent to proceed; revising the circumstances under which every defendant who is charged with a felony and who is adjudicated incompetent to proceed may be involuntarily committed for treatment upon specified findings by the court, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
 Last Action: 5/2/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1349 (Ch. 2023-270) -SJ 699
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/1/2023 Senate • Filed
    3/9/2023 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
    3/14/2023 Senate • Introduced
    3/15/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/20/2023 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    3/22/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
    • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
    4/6/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/12/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/12/2023 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
    • Now in Fiscal Policy
    4/20/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/25/2023 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
    4/26/2023 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    4/27/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/23
    5/2/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 699
    • Substituted HB 1349 -SJ 699
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1349 (Ch. 2023-270) -SJ 699

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  • CS/SB 1412, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/22/2023 at 9:11 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 4/11/2023 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 4/12/2023 (pdf)
    Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/24/2023 (pdf)
    Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/26/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1349 (er) Mental Health Treatment Melo Similar Last Action: 6/21/2023 Chapter No. 2023-270 Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/12/2023 8:30 AM Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services 16 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/25/2023 10:00 AM Fiscal Policy 19 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    394.461 Designation of receiving and treatment facilities and receiving systems. Page 2 (pdf)
    394.658 Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Program requirements. Page 11 (pdf)
    916.106 Definitions. Page 12 (pdf)
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.12 Mental competence to proceed. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 8 (pdf)
    916.17 Conditional release. Page 12 (pdf)

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  • SB 1412, Original Filed Version Posted 3/1/2023 at 4:47 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/18/2023 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/21/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1349 Mental Health Treatment Melo Similar Last Action: 6/21/2023 Chapter No. 2023-270 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    119516 - Amendment
    Delete lines 181 - 280 and insert:     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Bradley)     		3/16/2023
    4:39 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/20/2023     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/20/2023 12:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    394.461 Designation of receiving and treatment facilities and receiving systems. Page 2 (pdf)
    394.658 Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Program requirements. Page 11 (pdf)
    916.106 Definitions. Page 12 (pdf)
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.12 Mental competence to proceed. Page 6 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 8 (pdf)
    916.17 Conditional release. Page 12 (pdf)

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