Bill No.: SF0006                  Drafter:  JHR

LSO No.:  08LSO-0098              Effective Date:  7/1/2008

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0013

Chapter No.:       37

Prime Sponsor:     Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Catch Title:       Costs for emergency detentions-limitations.

Subject:  Limits costs that counties or the state may be required to pay for persons detained to determine whether the person is mentally ill.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Under current law, for the first 72 hours during which a person is detained or in which involuntary commitment proceedings are brought, the county (and the state, upon the expiration of the county's responsibilities) is required to pay for medical costs for conditions that require immediate medical attention.

· This act:

o Limits the payment of costs incurred to those conditions that resulted in the emergency detention of the person or are attributable to affirmative actions taken by the person that have placed the person in danger of suicide or serious bodily harm and require immediate medical attention;

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o Specifies that "costs" shall not include expenses for any medical procedures that are not related to the assessment of, or necessary treatment for, the suspected mental illness, except as otherwise specified in this act.