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CS/CS/SB 944: Mental Health Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Health Policy ; Sobel

Mental Health Treatment; Authorizing forensic and civil facilities to order the continuation of psychotherapeutics for individuals receiving such medications in the jail before admission; providing timeframes within which status hearings must be held; revising the time for dismissal of certain charges for defendants that remain incompetent to proceed to trial; providing a timeframe within which status hearings must be held, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Judiciary (JU)
  4. Community Affairs (CA)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/10/2014 Senate • Filed
• Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Community Affairs -SJ 76
3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 76
3/14/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/19/14, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/19/2014 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 304
3/20/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 307
3/25/2014 Senate • Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 304
3/26/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/31/14, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
3/31/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 356
4/1/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 364
4/3/2014 Senate • Now in Judiciary
5/2/2014 Senate • Died in Judiciary