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2019 Regular Session

House Bill 334

Mental health courts; authorize to be established throughout the state.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-27-1 THROUGH 9-27-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE RIVERS MCGRAW MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM ACT TO BE THE RIVERS MCGRAW MENTAL HEALTH COURT ACT AND ALLOW MENTAL HEALTH COURTS TO BE ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE STATE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 9-27-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 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 CREATE NEW SECTION 9-27-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 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; TO REPEAL SECTION 9-27-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES CERTAIN CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAMS; 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

6 co-sponsors

Deborah Butler Dixon, Kathy Sykes, Randy P. Boyd, William Tracy Arnold, Patricia H. Willis, Thomas U. Reynolds

Its course

January 14 to March 5, 2019, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 724 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 14 to Jan 3117 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Mar 5 · stopped26 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 26 to Mar 5 · stopped7 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 14 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 7Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 8 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 8Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 26Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 8Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 26Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  6. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate