l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 1786

Hinds County & City of Jackson; authorize to establish crisis intervention team program for certain persons needing mental health serv.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Local and Private Committee on June 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HINDS COUNTY AND THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF JACKSON TO ESTABLISH A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM PROGRAM IN HINDS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF JACKSON; TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER THE PROGRAM, THERE WILL BE A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR THE ASSESSMENT, TRIAGE AND STABILIZATION OF PERSONS IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WHO ARE DETAINED BY PROPERLY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF HINDS COUNTY OR THE CITY OF JACKSON BEFORE THE PERSONS ARE TRANSFERRED TO AN APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY; TO AUTHORIZE THE REGION 9 MENTAL HEALTH/MENTAL RETARDATION COMMISSION TO CONTRACT WITH HOSPITALS LOCATED IN JACKSON UNDER WHICH ONE OF THE FACILITIES WILL BE DESIGNATED AS THE SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR PROPERLY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF HINDS COUNTY OR THE CITY OF JACKSON TO BRING PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WHO ARE BROUGHT TO THE SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FACILITY BY PROPERLY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF HINDS COUNTY OR THE CITY OF JACKSON WILL RECEIVE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, TRIAGE AND STABILIZATION AT THAT FACILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

March 27 to June 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action10 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 27 to Mar 314 days

Local and Private LegislationMar 27 to Mar 314 days

In the SenateMar 31 to Jun 3 · stopped64 days

Local and PrivateApr 1 to Jun 3 · stopped63 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 27 – Mar 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Local and Private Legislation
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 31 – Jun 3

  1. Released in the House to be sent on at once
  2. Motion in the House to reconsider entered
  3. Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  4. Released in the House to be sent on at once
  5. Sent to the Senate
  6. Referred to the Senate committee on Local and Private
  7. Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published