HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to healthcare outcomes for patient's suffering with behavioral health issues
This bill amends existing legislation to improve healthcare outcomes for patients dealing with behavioral health issues. It does so by incorporating specific changes to the text of a previous Senate amendment, which was approved by the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare. The measure focuses on refining the language of the original proposal rather than introducing entirely new policies. As a procedural amendment, it adjusts the wording of an already adopted bill to ensure clarity or alignment with committee recommendations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2024 · House May 29, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
May 15, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Illg
RRepublican
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