S.B. 285
         INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT INFORMATION AMENDMENTS

Senate Committee Amendments

Amendment 1 March 7, 2013 4:03 PM



Senator Daniel W. Thatcher proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 13 through 16 :    

             13          This bill:
             14          .    adds a requirement that an application for an individual to be involuntarily civilly
             15      committed contain
  , if reasonably available,       the individual's name, date of birth, and      {   , if available, the

             16      individual's  
}
Social Security number.

2.    Page 2, Lines 33 through 41 :    

             33      individual has a mental illness and should be involuntarily committed.
{   That   }        The       application shall

             34      [be accompanied by] include:
             35          (a)
  unless the court finds that the information is not reasonably available,       the individual's:

             36          (i) name;
             37          (ii) date of birth; and
             38          (iii) Social Security number; and
             39          (b) either:
             40          [(a)] (i) a certificate of a licensed physician or a designated examiner stating that within
             41      a seven-day period immediately preceding the certification the physician or designated


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