West Virginia Senate Bill 196 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-13 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create the Substance Abuse Intervention Act. The bill provides for a short title. The bill provides for involuntary treatment for a substance use disorder and sets forth the rights of a patient. The bill establishes criteria for involuntary treatment. The bill creates a petition for 60-day and 360-day involuntary treatment and a guarantee for costs. The bill provides for proceedings for involuntary treatment, describes the duties of court, and disposition. The bill sets forth a 72-hour emergency involuntary treatment. The bill describes the failure to attend examination, sets forth a summons, and describes transportation to hospital or psychiatric facility. This bill shall be known as "Joel's Law".

Creating Substance Abuse Intervention Act

Sen. Mike Stuart [R]

Sen. Mark Hunt [D]

Sen. Michael Maroney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-13	Senate	To Judiciary
2023-01-13	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2023-01-13	Senate	To Judiciary
2023-01-13	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	66	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	66	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	66	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	66	4	New Code	See Bill Text
16	66	5	New Code	See Bill Text
16	66	6	New Code	See Bill Text
16	66	7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=196&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb196%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=196