File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 646
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam,
Pena-Melnyk, and Rosenberg
- Entitled:
-
Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights
Altering the requirement that individuals in specified facilities be
free from specified restraints and seclusions; establishing that
individuals in mental hygiene facilities be free from specified
physical restraints and holds; providing that a specified requirement
does not prohibit a specified action; requiring a mental hygiene
facility to have a written policy specifying a method for specified
patients to effectively communicate distress under specified
circumstances; etc.
House Action
- 2/8
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/28
- Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Finance
- 3/27
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/1
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 173
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Communications -see also- Language; Telecommunications
- Court Costs
- Developmental Disabilities
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
- Human Rights
- Mental Health
- Patients
- State Hospitals
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
10-701
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 196584/01 Offered on: March 24, 2007 at:
12:53 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 22, 2007: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Senate
- April 2, 2007: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
