Bill No.: SF0015                  Drafter:  JHR

LSO No.:  10LSO-0054              Effective Date:  7/1/2010

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0035

Chapter No.:

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

Catch Title:       Title 25 revisions.

Subject:  Clarifies services that may be provided to a person involuntarily hospitalized or held under an emergency detention and payment responsibilities of counties for persons held.

Summary/Major Elements:

· This bill:

o Amends definitions to exclude conditions that would not qualify as a mental illness, and to clarify the services that can be provided as treatment;

o Specifies that treatment can be given to a detainee without consent when treatment is limited to diagnosis or evaluation, or when necessary to prevent immediate and serious physical harm to the person or others;

o Requires that psychologists or psychiatrists who examine a detainee be licensed;

o Specifies that the county in which a person is detained or where involuntary hospitalization proceedings are brought shall be responsible to ensure that a person who is released after a 72 hour emergency detention has suitable clothing and means of transportation to ensure his arrival at the home from which he was detained or another place that is in the best interest of the detainee;

o Authorizes counties to establish a single point of responsibility to identify, make referrals to, intervene and coordinate with community or regional resources prior to and after an emergency detention.