Tennessee House Bill 7028

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-08-23 - Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, clarifies the meaning of “local law enforcement” for purposes of the required notification to law enforcement by an inpatient mental health treatment facility or hospital that a service recipient has been committed; requires the clerk of court who maintains records of the adjudication as a mental defective or judicial commitment to a mental institution of a Tennessee resident to notify the clerk of court in the county of the person’s permanent residence. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 18; Title 33 and Title 68.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 18; Title 33 and Title 68, relative to notifications of mental health adjudications and commitments.

Rep. John Gillespie [R]

Rep. Mark White [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-23	House	Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
2023-08-22	House	Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 8/23/2023
2023-08-22	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-08-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 8/22/2023
2023-08-22	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-08-22	House	P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-08-21	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-08-21	House	Sponsor change.
2023-08-17	House	Filed for introduction

SB7006 (Crossfiled) 2023-08-22 - Lay on the Table

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB7028&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB7028.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB7006.pdf