Hannah-Beth Jackson
- Democratic
Author
Existing law authorizes a conservator to place a conservatee in a secured perimeter residential care facility for the elderly, as specified, or to authorize the administration of certain prescribed medications upon a court's finding that among other things, the conservatee has dementia and a functional impairment. Existing law requires certain findings to be made by the court for each type of authority sought by the conservator and requires a petition for authority to be supported by a declaration of a licensed physician or psychologist, as specified, regarding these findings. This bill would replace references to the term dementia in these provisions with major neurocognitive disorders (MNCDs) , as defined. The bill would require a petition requesting the authority to administer psychotropic medications, as defined, to be supported by a declaration of a physician that includes specified information, including, among other things, the recommended course of medication, the expected effects of the recommended medication on the conservatee's overall mental health and treatment plan, including how the medication is expected to improve the conservatee's symptoms, and a description of the potential side effects of the recommended medication. The bill would revise the court findings required for placement in a secured perimeter facility. The bill would require the Judicial Council, on or before July 1, 2017, to adopt rules of court and develop appropriate forms for the implementation of these provisions, as specified. The bill would make related changes and additional findings and declarations of the Legislature.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5951.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 3).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4148.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4000.) (May 27).
Set for hearing May 27.
April 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing April 11.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3336.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 29.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB938 | HTML |
| 02/02/16 - Introduced | |
| 03/15/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/31/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/29/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/04/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/16 - Amended Assembly |
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