Mississippi Senate Bill 2783 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mental Health Task Force To Study Certain Issues Relating To The State's Mental Health System; To Provide For The Membership Of The Task Force; To Prescribe The Duties Of The Task Force Members; To Codify Section 41-21-68, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Standards For Community Mental Health Center Regional Holding Facilities For Persons Being Held For The Purpose Of Civil Commitment; To Authorize Contributions From The Counties For The Operation Of Such Holding Facilities And Authorize A State Match To The Local Contributions To Be Included In The Annual Appropriation To The Mississippi Department Of Mental Health; To Prescribe Operational Standards For The Holding Facilities To Receive Public Funding; To Provide That Persons Taken To A Holding Facility, Witnesses And Treatment Professionals May Participate In Commitment Proceedings By Videoconferencing And Not Be Required To Appear At The Court's Location; To Clarify Venue For Purposes Of Civil Commitment Of Persons In Holding Facilities; And For Related Purposes.

Mental Health Task Force; establish.

Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2783.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2783IN.htm