Legislation

Title: Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures
Sponsored by: Senators Eckardt, Feldman, Gallion, Klausmeier, Reilly, Salling, and West
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Authorizing a facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to take an individual who is involuntarily admitted under certain circumstances into confinement on observation status; requiring an individual confined on observation status to be examined within 24 hours by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; requiring that certain regulations require that an impartial hearing officer receive testimony from the physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner who examined the confined individual; etc.

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Cross-filed with: HB0317

Introduced in a prior session as: SB0635 Session: 2019 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2020

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/30/2020 Legislative Date 1/30/2020 Action First Reading Finance Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/31/2020 Legislative Date 1/31/2020 Action Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	1/30/2020	1/30/2020	First Reading Finance
			Text - First - Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures
Senate	1/31/2020	1/31/2020	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

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