Bill Summary

SB 476 Mental Health (2015 Session)
by Grimsley  CS Sponsors: Health Policy
Mental Health; Adding a psychiatric nurse as a person at a receiving facility authorized to perform a required examination of certain patients; prohibiting the release of a patient from a receiving facility that is owned or operated by a hospital or health system without specified approvals; authorizing the release of a patient by a psychiatric nurse under certain circumstances; prohibiting a psychiatric nurse from releasing a patient if the involuntary examination was initiated by a psychiatrist without the psychiatrist’s approval, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015
01/22/15
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Filed
02/03/15
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Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
03/18/15
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On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 03/23/15, 1:30 pm, 412 K
03/23/15
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Favorable with CS by Health Policy; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/24/15
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/25/15
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Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
04/06/15
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On Committee agenda - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/09/15, 9:00 am, 301 S
04/09/15
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Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/09/15
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Now in Rules
04/15/15
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On Committee agenda - Rules, 04/20/15, 1:00 pm, 110 S
04/20/15
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Favorable by Rules; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/20/15
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/20/15
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/15
04/23/15
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Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 0335; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0335
0476
Filed on 01/22/15
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Amendment 535926 DE
Filed on 03/20/15
Replaced by CS
0476C1
Filed on 03/24/15
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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