2003 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 895

File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Sponsored By:
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled:
Mental Health - Individuals in Facilities - Use of Restraints and Seclusions

Synopsis:

Requiring that an individual in a specified facility be free of specified restraints or seclusions under specified circumstances; requiring that an individual in a specified facility be free from specified physical restraints or holds; establishing the Task Force On the Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Mental Health Facilities and Programs; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/10
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2/21
Re-referred Health and Government Operations
3/5
Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CLINICS
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
HUMAN RIGHTS
MENTAL HEALTH
PATIENTS
REPORTS
STATE HOSPITALS
SUNSET
Bill affects the following Statute:
Health - General
( 10-701 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered