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CS/CS/HB 317: Mental Health Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee ; Healthy Families Subcommittee ; Schwartz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell ; Moraitis

Mental Health Treatment; Authorizes forensic & civil facilities to order continuation of psychotherapeutics for individuals receiving such medications in jail before admission; provides timeframes within which competency hearings must be held; revises time for dismissal of certain charges for defendants that remain incompetent to proceed to trial; provides exceptions; standardizes protocols, procedures, diagnostic criteria, & information & findings that must be included in expert's competency evaluation report.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 4/29/2013 House - Laid on Table -HJ 963
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/18/2013 House • Filed
1/30/2013 House • Referred to Healthy Families Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 44
2/6/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Healthy Families Subcommittee, 02/13/13, 2:00 pm, 12 HOB
2/13/2013 House • CS by Healthy Families Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 155
2/19/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2/21/2013 House • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee -HJ 152
3/5/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 44
• CS by Healthy Families Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 147
3/25/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/27/13, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
3/27/2013 House • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 357
• Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 357
4/8/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/10/13, 8:30 am, Webster Hall
4/10/2013 House • CS/CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 580
4/11/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 571
4/12/2013 House • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 610
• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/16/13, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
4/16/2013 House • Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 665
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 665
4/26/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/13
4/29/2013 House • Substituted CS/SB 1420 (Vetoed by Governor) -HJ 963
• Laid on Table -HJ 963