Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Mental health patients; require to be admitted only to licensed or certified treatment facilities.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 02/18 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary A | |
| 2 | 03/09 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2004 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Smith (39th)
Code Sections: A 041-0021-0077, A 041-0021-0087
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS SHALL NOT BE ADMITTED TO ANY TREATMENT FACILITY UNLESS THE FACILITY IS LICENSED AND/OR CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF PSYCHIATRIC CARE; TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-87, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF ANY TREATMENT FACILITY MAY DISCHARGE A PATIENT ONCE THE PATIENT NO LONGER POSES A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF PHYSICAL HARM TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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