Maryland Senate Bill 527 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-14 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering a certain exception to allow for the involuntary admission of certain individuals who have a mental disorder, have experienced an overdose, have a history of persistent substance abuse, or present a danger to the life safety of the individual or others to certain facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital; altering certain circumstances to allow a petition for an emergency evaluation to be made for certain individuals; altering the circumstances for petitions for the emergency evaluation of certain individuals; etc.

Health - Standards for Involuntary Admissions and Petitions for Emergency Evaluation - Modification

Sen. John Astle [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-14	Senate	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-01-29	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0527?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0527f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0007/sb0527.pdf