Georgia Senate Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 26 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to provide for reasonable standards for providing patients and their representatives notice of their rights upon each such patient's admission to an emergency receiving facility; to provide for procedure for continued involuntary hospitalization of a mentally ill patient when a discharge has been planned and is deemed unsafe; to change the time frame for certain notices related to the procedure for continued involuntary hospitalization; to provide for a reasonable standard for diligent efforts to secure the names of a mental patient's representatives; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Mental Health; provide reasonable standards for providing patients notice; admission to an emergency receiving facility

Sen. Dean Burke [R]

Sen. Gregory Kirk [R]

Sen. Ben Watson [R]

Rep. Buddy Harden [R]

2016-03-22 - House - House Vote #785 (Y: 161 N: 7 NV: 5 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - Senate - Senate Vote #474 (Y: 46 N: 5 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-01		Effective Date
2016-04-26		Act 405
2016-04-26	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2016-03-30	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2016-03-22	House	House Passed/Adopted
2016-03-22	House	House Third Readers
2016-03-11	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2016-02-24	House	House Second Readers
2016-02-23	House	House First Readers
2016-02-22	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2016-02-22	Senate	Senate Third Read
2016-02-10	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2016-02-09	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2016-01-20	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2016-01-15	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47466
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/154696
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/156870
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/157320
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/158267
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/162078
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47466#14006
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47466#14452