CS/SB 1712: Mental Health
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Storms
Mental Health; Authorizing, in certain circumstances, continuation of psychotherapeutic medication for individuals receiving such medication in a jail before admission to a psychiatric or forensic facility; requiring forensic evaluator training for mental health experts appointed to evaluate defendants for competency to proceed or for sanity at the time of the commission of the offense; requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to maintain and annually provide the courts with a forensic evaluator registry; standardizing the protocols, procedures, and criteria used in reporting expert findings in determining competency in juvenile cases; revising requirements related to the forensic evaluator training program that appointed experts must complete; requiring experts after a specified date to have completed such training, etc.
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Budget (BC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/6/2012 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 1/17/2012 | Senate |
• Referred to Criminal Justice; Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 229 • Introduced -SJ 229 |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate |
• Original reference(s) removed: Health Regulation • References corrected to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 300 |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate |
• CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 524 |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate |
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 2/20/2012 | Senate |
• Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 524 |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate |
• CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 540 |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate |
• Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 726 • Now in Budget |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate |
• Died in Budget |
551900 - Amendment to Amendment (490656)