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2017 Regular Session

House Bill 489

Mental health courts; authorize and provide for certification of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE MENTAL HEALTH COURT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; TO SPECIFY THE PURPOSE AND GOALS OF MENTAL HEALTH COURTS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH COURTS; TO ESTABLISH THE STATE MENTAL HEALTH COURTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE; TO SPECIFY MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COURTS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH COURT INTERVENTION SERVICES; TO SET FORTH ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS; TO DESIGNATE THE POWERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH COURTS; TO AUTHORIZE MENTAL HEALTH COURTS TO RECEIVE FUNDS AND ASSESS REASONABLE FEES; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY TO PERSONS WHO PERFORM THEIR MENTAL HEALTH COURT DUTIES IN GOOD FAITH; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO COMPLETE ALL REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT WILL HAVE THE RECORD EXPUNGED; TO ESTABLISH THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-357, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE YOUTH COURT INTAKE UNIT TO RECOMMEND THAT A CHILD BE REFERRED TO THE YOUTH COURT MENTAL HEALTH COURT AND TO ALLOW THE YOUTH COURT THE OPTION TO ORDER THAT A CHILD BE REFERRED TO THE YOUTH COURT MENTAL HEALTH COURT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SPECIFY DUTIES IMPOSED ON SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, CHANCERY COURT JUDGES AND CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH COURTS; 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

14 co-sponsors

Jason White, Andy Gipson, Vince Mangold, Thomas U. Reynolds, C. Scott Bounds, D. Stephen Holland, Randall Patterson, Tom Miles, Orlando Paden, John W. Hines, Sr., Toby Barker, Bill Kinkade, Bill Pigott, Kabir Karriem

Its course

January 13 to February 28, 2017, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 220 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 13 to Jan 2613 days

In the SenateFeb 2 to Feb 28 · stopped26 days

AppropriationsFeb 20 to Feb 28 · stopped8 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 Jan 13 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 2Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 3 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 3Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Appropriations and on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 2Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 2PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 3Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 20Referred To Appropriations;Judiciary, Division ASenate
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate