CS/SB 828 (2021) -  Mental Health and Substance Abuse

by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Book (CO-SPONSORS) Gainer
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.
Effective Date: 07/01/2021
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 02/16/21 9:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
  • Appropriations

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 173 Time: 03/02/2021 - 7:13 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 96 Time: 03/02/2021 - 11:09 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary Time: 02/18/2021 - 1:30 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/18/2021 - 8:34 AM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 178 Time: 02/16/2021 - 12:08 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/16/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building Time: 02/08/2021 - 2:37 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 97 Time: 02/04/2021 - 12:22 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/26/2021 - 2:17 PM Member: Committee: Version: __