Relating to the notification of law enforcement regarding the discharge of a voluntary patient who is mentally ill or has symptoms of mental illness from a hospital

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2019
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   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 6, 2019
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   Done: House committeeMarch 7, 2019
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   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to notification of law enforcement about the discharge of a voluntary patient who is mentally ill or has symptoms of mental illness. Under current law, any voluntarily admitted patient for mental health treatment who has recovered, or whose hospitalization the chief medical officer of the hospital determines is no longer advisable, shall be discharged. The bill provides that if the chief medical officer of the hospital is informed that an arrest warrant has been issued for or charges are pending against a voluntary patient of the hospital, the chief medical officer may notify the appropriate law enforcement agency about the discharge of the patient prior to the patient’s discharge.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named March 6, 2019. On March 7, 2019 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Rep. Michael R. Bergan REmail
• Rep. Lindsay James DEmail
• Rep. Anne Osmundson R

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