RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Summary
Removes the "imminent" requirement from the standard for emergency mental health examinations and requires mental health workers to consider a person's history of mental illness in determining whether the person requires an emergency mental health examination.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 26, 2022
Last action Jan 28, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to HMS/HTH, JDC.
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karl Rhoads
DDemocratic
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