South Carolina House Bill 5123 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-13 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 44-23-10, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Definitions Applicable To Both Mentally Ill Persons And Persons With Intellectual Disability, So As To Add A Definition For "restoration Treatment"; And To Amend Section 44-23-430, Relating To Hearings On A Person's Fitness To Stand Trial, So As To Extend The Length Of Time Certain Persons Unfit To Stand Trial May Be Hospitalized For Restoration To One Hundred Eighty Days, To Allow The Department Of Mental Health To Provide Restoration Treatment In Detention Centers And On An Outpatient Basis In Certain Circumstances, And For Other Purposes.

Mentally ill or intellectual disability; definitions

Rep. John West [R]	Rep. Robert Ridgeway [D]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]
Rep. Gary Clary [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-13	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clary
2020-02-11	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-02-11	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	23	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	23	430	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5123&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5123_20200211.htm