Susan Eggman
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 5
Author
Existing law prohibits, except as specified, a person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail from being administered any psychiatric medication without his or her prior informed consent. Existing law authorizes a county department of mental health, or other designated county department, to administer to an inmate involuntary medication on a nonemergency basis only after the inmate is provided, among other things, a hearing before a superior court judge, a court-appointed commissioner or referee, or a court-appointed hearing officer. This bill would extend to an inmate confined in a county jail the protection from being administered any psychiatric medication without his or her prior informed consent, with certain exceptions. The bill would impose additional criteria that must be satisfied before a county department of mental health or other designated county department may administer involuntary medication. This criteria include that the jail first make a documented attempt to locate an available bed for the inmate in a community-based treatment facility, under certain conditions, in lieu of seeking involuntary administration of psychiatric medication, and, if the inmate is awaiting resolution of a criminal case, that a hearing to administer involuntary medication on a nonemergency basis be held before, and any requests for ex parte orders be submitted to, a judge in the superior court where the criminal case is pending. The bill would also set limits on the amount of time such orders are valid. The bill would require any court-ordered psychiatric medication to be administered in consultation with a psychiatrist who is not involved in the treatment of the inmate at the jail, if one is available. The bill would also make a clarifying change. The bill would require a county that administers involuntary psychiatric medication to file a report with prescribed information to certain committees of the Legislature, as specified. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2017.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2909.).
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3424.).
Ordered to special consent calendar.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1657.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 9).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB720 | HTML |
| 02/15/17 - Introduced | |
| 03/27/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/17/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/15/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/06/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/13/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/07/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/15/17 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/17 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
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