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Mental health treatment for inmates.

IN · session 2021 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 4, 2021

Latest action (Apr 1, 2021) Public Law 6

Summary

Permits, under certain circumstances, an offender committed to the department of correction to be held within a treatment facility operated by the department for not more than 14 days beyond the offender's mandatory release date if: (1) the offender consents; or (2) a court has ordered the offender to be committed to a treatment setting outside the department.

Sponsors (4)
6 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (24)
  1. Jan 4, 2021 Authored by Senator Glick · upper
  2. Jan 4, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law · upper
  3. Jan 14, 2021 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
  4. Jan 26, 2021 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
  5. Jan 26, 2021 Senator Breaux added as second author · upper
  6. Jan 28, 2021 Senator Melton added as coauthor · upper
  7. Feb 1, 2021 Senator Randolph added as third author · upper
  8. Feb 2, 2021 Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor · upper
  9. Feb 4, 2021 Senator Tallian added as coauthor · upper
  10. Feb 8, 2021 Senators Doriot and Brown L added as coauthors · upper
  11. Feb 8, 2021 House sponsor: Representative Negele · upper
  12. Feb 8, 2021 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
  13. Feb 9, 2021 Referred to the House · upper
  14. Mar 1, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code · lower
  15. Mar 11, 2021 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  16. Mar 15, 2021 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  17. Mar 16, 2021 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 265: yeas 97, nays 0 · lower
  18. Mar 16, 2021 Representative Bauer M added as cosponsor · lower
  19. Mar 17, 2021 Returned to the Senate without amendments · lower
  20. Mar 18, 2021 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  21. Mar 23, 2021 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  22. Mar 31, 2021 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  23. Apr 1, 2021 Signed by the Governor · executive
  24. Apr 1, 2021 Public Law 6 · upper
Subjects
CORRECTION, Department ofCORRECTION, Institutions and InmatesMENTAL HEALTH, Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons

Text versions (4)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · Mar 17, 2021 · PDF
  • Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Dec 28, 2020 · PDF
  • Senate Bill (S) · Jan 14, 2021 · PDF
  • Senate Bill (H) · Mar 11, 2021 · PDF

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