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SB 634: Involuntary Examinations Under the Baker Act

GENERAL BILL by Campbell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Garcia ; Mayfield

Involuntary Examinations Under the Baker Act; Authorizing physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners to execute a certificate under certain conditions stating that he or she has examined a person and finds the person appears to meet the criteria for involuntary examination, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
 Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Judiciary (JU)
  4. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/1/2017 Senate • Filed
    2/16/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 83
    3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 83
    3/9/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/14/17, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/14/2017 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 181
    • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 181
    3/29/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/03/17, 1:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    4/3/2017 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 291
    • Now in Judiciary -SJ 291
    4/14/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/19/17, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/19/2017 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 442
    4/20/2017 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 442
    5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Rules

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  • SB 634, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/1/2017 at 11:59 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/13/2017 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/14/2017 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2017 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2017 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 4/18/2017 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/19/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 645 Involuntary Examinations Under the Baker Act Lee Identical Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Health Policy Track This Bill
    H 7011 (c1) Health Care Access Health Quality Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 229 (Ch. 2017-41), CS/CS/HB 543 (Ch. 2017-134) Track This Bill
    S 1756 (c1) Examination and Treatment of Individuals with Mental Illness Garcia Compare Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Appropriations Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    3/14/2017 10:00 AM Health Policy 6 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/3/2017 1:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 5 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/19/2017 1:30 PM Judiciary 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.407 Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse examination of person with or requesting child custody. Page 3 (pdf)
    394.455 Definitions. Page 1 (pdf)
    394.463 Involuntary examination. Page 1 (pdf)
    394.495 Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services. Page 5 (pdf)
    394.496 Service planning. Page 5 (pdf)
    394.9085 Behavioral provider liability. Page 5 (pdf)
    409.972 Mandatory and voluntary enrollment. Page 6 (pdf)
    744.2007 Powers and duties. Page 6 (pdf)

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