Bill Text: NJ A1345 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires notification of law enforcement for furlough of certain patients from State psychiatric hospitals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee [A1345 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1345-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MARY PAT ANGELINI
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Requires notification of law enforcement for furlough of certain patients from State psychiatric hospitals.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning certain psychiatric patients and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. If a patient in a State psychiatric hospital listed in R.S.30:1-7 who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity for murder pursuant to N.J.S.2C:11-3 is granted a furlough for a temporary stay in the community, prior to the patient taking the furlough, the chief executive officer of the psychiatric hospital, or his designee, shall notify law enforcement agencies likely to encounter the patient of the patient's furlough.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the chief executive officer of a State psychiatric hospital listed in R.S.30:1-7, or his designee, to notify applicable law enforcement agencies if a patient who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity for murder is granted a furlough for a temporary stay in the community.
