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Bill Summary for Bill Number SB17-246 Date: 04/04/2017
Location: HCR 0107
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-246

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 17-246 to the Committee of the W PASS



01:36 PM -- SB 17-246

Representative Michaelson Jenet and Representative Singer presented Senate Bill 17-246 to the committee. The reengrossed bill renames an existing oversight committee to the "Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems" (committee). It makes corresponding changes to the task force and cash fund and updates statutory terminology to read "mental health disorder" rather than "mental illness." Finally, it clarifies that the committee report due each January 15 to the General Assembly continues indefinitely, removes obsolete statutory language, and corrects statutory references to the Office of Behavioral Health in the Department of Human Services.
BILL: SB17-246
TIME: 01:36:38 PM
MOVED: Landgraf
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 17-246 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-1, with three excused.
SECONDED: Singer
VOTE
Catlin
Yes
Everett
No
Ginal
Yes
Hooton
Excused
Landgraf
Yes
Lewis
Yes
Liston
Yes
Lontine
Yes
Michaelson Jenet
Yes
Pettersen
Excused
Ransom
Yes
Danielson
Excused
Singer
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 1 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS