l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2783

Mental Health Task Force; establish.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE TO STUDY CERTAIN ISSUES RELATING TO THE STATE'S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TASK FORCE; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS; TO CODIFY SECTION 41-21-68, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER REGIONAL HOLDING FACILITIES FOR PERSONS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF CIVIL COMMITMENT; TO AUTHORIZE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COUNTIES FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH HOLDING FACILITIES AND AUTHORIZE A STATE MATCH TO THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; TO PRESCRIBE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE HOLDING FACILITIES TO RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS TAKEN TO A HOLDING FACILITY, WITNESSES AND TREATMENT PROFESSIONALS MAY PARTICIPATE IN COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS BY VIDEOCONFERENCING AND NOT BE REQUIRED TO APPEAR AT THE COURT'S LOCATION; TO CLARIFY VENUE FOR PURPOSES OF CIVIL COMMITMENT OF PERSONS IN HOLDING FACILITIES; 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 Senate

Its course

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Senate Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate