MD HB779 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - First Reading Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - First Reading Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Authorizing the establishment of a medication review committee within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that convenes to determine whether to approve the administration of psychotropic medication to a certain incarcerated individual under certain circumstances; providing that psychotropic medication may not be administered to an incarcerated individual who refuses the medication except under certain circumstances; etc.
Title
Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated Individual
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2025-01-29 | House | First Reading Judiciary |
Subjects
Appeals
Committees and Commissions
Correctional Institutions
Corrections
Drugs
Emergencies
Health Occupations
Incarcerated Individuals
Licenses
Medical Treatments
Mental and Behavioral Health
Physicians
Psychiatrists
Public Safety and Correctional Services, Department of
Records
Safety
Time
Witnesses
Committees and Commissions
Correctional Institutions
Corrections
Drugs
Emergencies
Health Occupations
Incarcerated Individuals
Licenses
Medical Treatments
Mental and Behavioral Health
Physicians
Psychiatrists
Public Safety and Correctional Services, Department of
Records
Safety
Time
Witnesses
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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Correctional Services | 9 | 618 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0779?ys=2025RS |
Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0779f.pdf |