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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)

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  • 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

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  • CS/CS/SB 944, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/1/2014 at 2:35 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 837 (c2) Mental Health Treatment Schwartz Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 4 (pdf)
    916.145 Dismissal of charges. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 944, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/20/2014 at 8:33 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/28/2014 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 837 (c2) Mental Health Treatment Schwartz Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    676770 - Amendment
    Delete line 127 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Gibson)     		3/28/2014
    1:49 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/31/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    961578 - Amendment
    Delete lines 164 - 316 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Gibson)     		3/28/2014
    1:49 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/31/2014     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/31/2014 4:00 PM Criminal Justice 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 4 (pdf)
    916.145 Dismissal of charges. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 7 (pdf)
    985.19 Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • SB 944, Original Filed Version Posted 2/10/2014 at 10:16 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/18/2014 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/19/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 837 (c1) Mental Health Treatment Schwartz Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    605394 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Sobel)     		3/18/2014
    1:52 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/19/2014     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/19/2014 11:00 AM Health Policy 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    916.107 Rights of forensic clients. Page 1 (pdf)
    916.13 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated incompetent. Page 4 (pdf)
    916.145 Dismissal of charges. Page 5 (pdf)
    916.15 Involuntary commitment of defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity. Page 6 (pdf)
    985.19 Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases. Page 7 (pdf)

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