TN HB0502 | 2021-2022 | 112th General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-10 - Failed in Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-10 - Failed in Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, allows courts to order a person into a program of assisted outpatient mental health treatment upon finding certain conditions are met; provides a process for certain persons to petition a court on behalf of a proposed patient; establishes criteria for the evaluation of proposed patients and reporting to the court by physicians and certain mental health professionals. - Amends TCA Title 33.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, relative to mental health treatment.
Sponsors
| Rep. Tim Rudd [R] | Rep. Robin Smith [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-10 | House | Failed in Health Committee |
| 2021-03-10 | House | Sponsor(s) withdrawn. |
| 2021-03-03 | House | Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2021 |
| 2021-03-02 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2021-03-02 | House | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee |
| 2021-02-24 | House | Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/2/2021 |
| 2021-02-10 | House | Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee |
| 2021-02-10 | House | P2C, ref. to Health Committee |
| 2021-02-08 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2021-02-03 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB0408 (Crossfiled) 2021-03-26 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
