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HOUSE BILL 1335

CHAPTER NUMBER: 348
File Code: Public Safety
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1099/09 - JUD & HGO
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 761

Sponsored By:
Delegates Ramirez, Anderson, Kullen, Pendergrass, Simmons, Smigiel, Valderrama, Vallario, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Kipke, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner

Entitled:
Mental Health - Local Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals with Mental Illness

Synopsis:

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or the managing official of a local correctional facility to provide an inmate who has been sentenced to a term of incarceration in the Division of Correction or a term of at least 60 days in a local correctional facility and who has been diagnosed with a mental illness with access to a 30-day supply of medication for the mental illness on the release of the inmate; providing for an exception for pretrial inmates; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
House Action
2/18
First Reading Judiciary & Health and Government Operations
2/24
Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
3/22
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/21
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/22
Third Reading Passed (137-1)
4/7
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/25
First Reading Judicial Proceedings & Finance
4/9
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
4/6
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/7
Third Reading Passed (43-1)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/4
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 348

Sponsored by:

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Correctional Institutions -see also- Patuxent Institution
Correctional Officers
Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
Local Government Mandates
Mental Health
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Prisoners -see also- Ex-Offenders

Bill affects the following Statute:

Correctional Services
( 9-612 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments:
House
Number: 176689/01     Offered on: March 23, 2010   at: 11:09 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 682412/01     Offered on: March 23, 2010   at: 11:09 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Committee Votes Explain Committee Votes:
House
Health and Government Operations
Judiciary
Senate
Judicial Proceedings

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 22, 2010: Third Reading Passed (137-1)
Senate
April 7, 2010: Third Reading Passed (43-1)



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