Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 1437
Mental health; revise laws for involuntary treatment of people with mental illness.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT MAY BE SOUGHT THROUGH THE CHANCERY COURT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNSEL OF THE PATIENT FOR WHOM INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT IS SOUGHT, PROVIDED THAT THE PATIENT IS NOT OTHERWISE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TIME FRAME FOR THE HEARING ON THE PETITION FOR INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCEDURE OF THE HEARING ON THE PETITION FOR INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-74, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO OUTLINE THE METHOD FOR TREATING A PATIENT ORDERED TO INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT UNDER A COURT ORDER; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-21-101.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE LICENSED TREATMENT FACILITIES TO RECEIVE PATIENTS FOR VOLUNTARY ADMISSION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-21-101.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE LICENSED TREATMENT FACILITIES TO RECEIVE PATIENTS FOR INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE PROVISION FOR VOLUNTARY ADMISSION BY A COMPETENT ADULT TO TREATMENT; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 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 Feb 20 – Mar 6
- Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives