Mississippi House Bill 1598

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-21-67, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Respondent In A Civil Commitment Proceeding Who Is Taken Into Custody In A County In Which A Crisis Stabilization Unit Is Located Shall Be Transported To The Crisis Stabilization Unit For Pre-evaluation Screening And Treatment And Retained There After Evaluation If The Crisis Stabilization Unit Has An Available Bed; To Provide That Only If The Crisis Intervention Unit Does Not Have An Available Bed And There Is No Licensed Medical Facility Or Any Other Available Suitable Location May The Respondent Be Retained In Jail; And For Related Purposes.

Civil commitment; respondent in county with a crisis stabilization unit shall be taken to and retained there if bed is available.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	21	67	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1598.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1598IN.htm