West Virginia Senate Bill 324 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-27 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to delete language allowing a county commission to reimburse a mental health care facility for security services for the period of time a person is at the hospital prior to the determination of mental competence or incompetence. The bill further provides that the President of the West Virginia Sheriffs' Association, along with the Supreme Court of Appeals and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources shall develop and propose a statewide system for evaluation and adjudication of mental hygiene petitions. The bill further provides that the Department of Health and Human Resources shall reimburse the county commission for direct deposit into the Sheriff's budget all other expenses incurred in the hearings conducted under the provisions of the article.

Relating to mentally ill persons

Sen. William Laird [D]

Sen. John Unger [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-27		To Judiciary
2011-01-27		Introduced in Senate
2011-01-27		To Judiciary then Finance
2011-01-27		Filed for introduction

HB2755 (Same As) 2011-01-21 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	5	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
27	5	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
27	5	4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=324&year=2011&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb324%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=324