Bill Title: As introduced, treats prescreening agents, physicians, and psychologists as state employees for liability purposes when assessing a mentally ill person's transportation needs when being transported to a psychiatric hospital; provides some civil damage immunity to relatives who do provide transportation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9 and Title 33.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2009-04-14 - Failed in s/c Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD [HB0711 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Tony Shipley [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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