Mississippi Senate Bill 2791 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 41-4-7, 41-19-33, 41-21-87 And 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Section 41-21-67, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Use Of The Seventy-two Hour Hold For Persons Treated In Licensed Medical Facilities; To Create New Section 41-4-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Implementation Of Crisis Intervention Teams; To Provide That Crisis Intervention Teams Be Operated Within Local Catchment Areas Served By Certain Law Enforcement Agencies; To Provide That Only One Licensed Medical Facility Will Serve As A Single Point Of Entry For A Crisis Intervention Team Catchment Area; To Provide For Local Community Mental Health Centers To Coordinate And Oversee The Development Of Crisis Intervention Teams In The District Served; To Authorize Certain Trained Law Enforcement Officers To Take Into Custody Persons With Substantial Likelihood Of Bodily Harm For The Purpose Of Emergency Treatment In A Licensed Medical Facility Serving As A Single Point Of Entry; To Exempt Law Enforcement Officers From Civil And Criminal Liability For Detaining A Mentally Ill Person In Good Faith; To Authorize Certain Licensed Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners To Hold A Patient For Treatment In A Licensed Medical Facility Serving As A Single Point Of Entry; To Exempt Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners From Civil And Criminal Liability For Detaining A Mentally Ill Person In Good Faith; To Provide For Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Services Operated By A Licensed Medical Facility That Is Serving As The Single Point Of Entry For A Crisis Intervention Team Catchment Area; To Require That Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Services Provide Beds Need For Extended Treatment And To Require That These Beds Be Licensed By The State Board Of Health; To Provide That A Person May Not Be Held By A Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Service For A Period Of Time Longer Than Seventy-two Hours; To Require That The State Board Of Mental Health Shall Encourage And Facilitate Community Mental Health Centers In The Development Of Crisis Intervention Teams And Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Services; To Encourage Colleges And Universities That Have Criminal Justice Programs To Collaborate With Law Enforcement Agencies In Training Crisis Intervention Team Officers; And For Related Purposes.

Mental health services; revise and improve delivery.

Sen. Terry Burton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-18		Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2791.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2791IN.htm