TN HB0508 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-04-17 - Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/19/2023
Pending: House Health Subcommittee Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-04-17 - Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/19/2023
Pending: House Health Subcommittee Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, allows courts to order a person into a program of assisted outpatient mental health treatment upon finding certain conditions are met; provides a process for certain persons to petition a court on behalf of a proposed patient; establishes criteria for the evaluation of proposed patients and reporting to the court by physicians and certain mental health professionals. - Amends TCA Title 33.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, relative to mental health treatment.
Sponsors
| Rep. Tim Rudd [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-17 | House | Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/19/2023 |
| 2023-02-08 | House | Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-01 | House | P2C, ref. to Health Committee |
| 2023-01-30 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2023-01-25 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB0179 (Crossfiled) 2023-01-21 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
