Maryland Senate Bill 541 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-31 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to take an individual who is involuntarily admitted under certain circumstances into confinement on observation status; requiring an individual confined on observation status to be examined within 24 hours by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; requiring that certain regulations require that an impartial hearing officer receive testimony from the physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner who examined the confined individual; etc.

Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures

Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Jason Gallion [R]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]
Sen. Edward Reilly [R]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Chris West [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-31	Senate	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-30	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB317 (Crossfiled) 2020-01-28 - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	10	617	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	10	632	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0541?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0541f.pdf