BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 6559: Mental disorder evaluation
Revising time limits for the seventy-two hour evaluation and treatment period for mental disorders.
Summary
- When a person is held in an evaluation and treatment facility for a mental health examination, the examination must be completed within 72 hours. At the end of the 72-hour time limit, the professional person conducting the evaluation must either inform the person that he or she will be detained for a probable cause hearing or release them from the facility.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6559), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 21, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Joseph Zarelli (R-18)
- Introduced
- January 21, 1998 in the Senate
- Last action
- February 25, 1998
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 6559 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6559 (2019–20) College grant award maximum
- SB 6559 (2017–18) Midwife fees
- SB 6559 (2015–16) Progressive income tax
- SB 6559 (2013–14) State need grants
- SB 6559 (2011–12) Nonpower attributes
- SB 6559 (2009–10) Anaerobic digesters
- SB 6559 (2007–08) Private dock construction
- SB 6559 (2005–06) Low-income housing