MS HB1404 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 13 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-18 - Referred To Public Health and Welfare
Pending: Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 13 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-18 - Referred To Public Health and Welfare
Pending: Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Section 41-21-67, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exemption From The Requirement To Have A Pre-affidavit Screening Before A Relative Or Interested Person May File An Affidavit For Commitment If The Individual To Be Committed Is Being Treated In An Acute Psychiatric Hospital And Has Already Had Two Qualified Professional Evaluations, Provided That The Acute Psychiatric Hospital Notifies The Community Mental Health Center That The Individual Is In The Hospital At Least Twenty-four Hours Before Filing The Affidavit; To Amend Section 41-21-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; To Amend Section 41-19-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Community Mental Health Centers Shall Submit Certain Written Quarterly Reports To The Boards Of Supervisors Of Each County In Their Region On A Standard Form Developed And Provided To The Community Mental Health Centers By The State Department Of Mental Health; To Amend Section 41-30-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add A Definition To The Comprehensive Alcoholism And Alcohol Abuse Prevention, Control And Treatment Act; To Amend Sections 41-30-27 And 41-31-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Pre-affidavit Screening Must Be Conducted Before An Affidavit For Emergency Involuntary Commitment Of A Person For Alcohol Or Drug Use May Be Filed; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-13 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 116 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Referred To Public Health and Welfare |
| 2025-02-17 | House | Transmitted To Senate |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Passed As Amended |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Amended |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Committee Substitute Adopted |
| 2025-02-12 | House | Read the Third Time |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| 2025-01-20 | House | Referred To Public Health and Human Services |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 19 | 33 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 41 | 21 | 65 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 41 | 21 | 67 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 41 | 30 | 27 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 41 | 30 | 3 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 41 | 31 | 5 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
