West Virginia Senate Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-09 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Mental Health and Military Service Member Court program within Supreme Court of Appeals; define terms; grant authority to oversee court to Administrator of Supreme Court of Appeals; set forth structure of court; provide for written agreement to participate in court; setting forth incentives for successful participation; provide for sanctions for violation of provisions of court; set out disposition on successful completion; provide for teams to function within court; set forth eligibility requirements for participation; set forth procedure to participate in court; allow for mental health and drug treatment services for participants; provide for governance of court by Supreme Court of Appeals; set forth information to be maintained on participants; provide for funding mechanisms which may include court fees; and provide for limitation of liability.

Establishing Mental Health and Military Service Member Court program with Supreme Court of Appeals

Sen. Ryan Weld [R]

Sen. Michael Maroney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-09	Senate	To Judiciary
2017-02-09	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-02-09	Senate	To Judiciary then Finance
2017-02-09	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2956 (Similar To) 2017-03-13 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	16	1	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	10	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	11	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	12	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	13	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	2	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	3	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	4	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	5	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	6	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	7	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	8	New Code	See Bill Text
62	16	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=207&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb207%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=207