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CS/CS/HB 837: Mental Health Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Healthy Families Subcommittee ; Schwartz

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 status hearings must be held; revises time for dismissal of certain charges for defendants that remain incompetent to proceed to trial; provides exceptions; provides timeframe within which status hearings must be held.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/5/2014 House • Filed
2/14/2014 House • Referred to Healthy Families Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 71
3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 71
3/14/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Healthy Families Subcommittee, 03/18/14, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
3/18/2014 House • CS by Healthy Families Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 310
3/19/2014 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Healthy Families Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 306
3/20/2014 House • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee -HJ 324
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/24/14, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall
3/24/2014 House • CS/CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 344
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
3/25/2014 House • CS/CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 342
3/27/2014 House • Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 387
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 387
4/8/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/10/14, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
4/10/2014 House • Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 508
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 508
5/2/2014 House • Died on Calendar