Mr. President:
The Revenue and Taxation Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 285,
INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT INFORMATION AMENDMENTS, by Senator D.
Thatcher, with the following amendments:
Respectfully,
Deidre M. Henderson
Voting: 7-0-2
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This bill:
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. adds a requirement that an application for an individual to be involuntarily
civilly
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committed contain
, if available, the
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individual's
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Social Security number.
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individual has a mental illness and should be involuntarily committed.
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The
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[be accompanied by] include:
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(a)
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(i) name;
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(ii) date of birth; and
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(iii) Social Security number; and
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(b) either:
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[(a)] (i) a certificate of a licensed physician or a designated examiner stating that within
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a seven-day period immediately preceding the certification the physician or designated
Committee Chair
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