HB 839: Mental Health Treatment
GENERAL BILL by Lerner
Mental Health Treatment; provides additional criteria for involuntary examination at mental health receiving facility; provides additional criteria for involuntary placement for said treatment; requires order for outpatient treatment to include requirements for provision of services & procedures in event of patient noncompliance; provides for waiver of time periods for hearing on involuntary placement if voluntary agreement to treatment is obtained, etc. Amends FS.
Effective Date: 07/01/2002
Last Action: 3/22/2002 House - Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/22/2002 House - Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/10/2002 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 1/21/2002 | House |
• Referred to Judicial Oversight (SGC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); Council for Smarter Government |
| 1/22/2002 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Judicial Oversight (SGC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); Council for Smarter Government -HJ 00060 |
| 3/22/2002 | House |
• Died in Committee on Judicial Oversight (SGC) |