CS/CS/SB 944 (2014) -  Mental Health Treatment

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Health Policy and 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: 07/01/2014
Last Event: 05/02/14 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, May 2, 2014 10:39 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 03/19/14 11:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 03/31/14 4:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
  • Community Affairs

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 837 Subject: Mental Health Treatment Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 676770 , Criminal Justice, Gibson Date Filed: 03/28/14, Line#: 127 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/31/2014 08:20 PM
    • A 961578 , Criminal Justice, Gibson Date Filed: 03/28/14, Line#: 164 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/31/2014 08:20 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 605394 , Health Policy, Sobel Date Filed: 03/18/14, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/19/2014 03:09 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 4/1/2014 2:20:30 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/28/2014 11:30:12 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 3/19/2014 7:34:43 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 3/18/2014 11:19:23 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 05/02/2014 - 10:39 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c2
Event: S Now in Judiciary Time: 04/03/2014 - 10:01 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 364 Time: 04/01/2014 - 7:30 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/01/2014 - 2:35 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 356 Time: 03/31/2014 - 6:47 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/31/14, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 03/26/2014 - 4:06 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 304 Time: 03/25/2014 - 5:14 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 307 Time: 03/20/2014 - 8:00 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/20/2014 - 8:32 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 304 Time: 03/19/2014 - 1:05 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/19/14, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 03/14/2014 - 1:54 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 76 Time: 03/04/2014 - 8:13 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Community Affairs -SJ 76 Time: 02/10/2014 - 6:11 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/10/2014 - 10:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
916.107 CS/CS/HB 837
916.13 CS/CS/HB 837
916.145 CS/CS/HB 837
916.15 CS/CS/HB 837

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