Cia Price
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 85
Primary
Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report.Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determinewhether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioralhealth treatment. The bill defines psychiatric emergency departmentas an emergency department of a hospital licensed by the Department of Health that is physically attached to a hospital with adult andadolescent inpatient psychiatric beds and adult detoxification bedslicensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices. The bill requires participating hospitals with psychiatricemergency departments to annually report the number of temporary detentionorder evaluations completed, the number of temporary detention orderspetitioned, the number of individuals evaluated for temporary detention who were determined to not meet the criteria for temporary detention,and the number of individuals under a temporary detention order admittedto a state facility to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Educationand Health, the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions,and the Behavioral Health Commission. The bill has an expirationdate of July 1, 2026.
Left in Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
Reconsidered by Health and Human Services
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB608H1)
Committee substitute printed 24106410D-H1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Rules
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB608)
Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104584D
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104584D | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 24106410D-H1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB608FH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB608F122.PDF |
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