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HB886

Mental health treatment; admission regulations, toxicology results.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Chris Stolle (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Admissions for mental health treatment; toxicology.

Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals a provision that requires every hospital that provides inpatient psychiatric services to establish a protocol that requires, for every refusal to admit a patient for whom there is a question of medical stability or medical appropriateness for admission due to a situation involving results of a toxicology screening, the on-call physician in the psychiatric unit to which the patient is sought to be transferred to participate in direct verbal communication, either in person or via telephone, with a clinical toxicologist or other person who is a Certified Specialist in Poison Information employed by a poison control center that is accredited by the American Association of Poison Control Centers to review the results of the toxicology screen and determine whether a medical reason for refusing admission to the psychiatric unit related to the results of the toxicology screen exists, if requested to do so by the referring physician. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/09/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102884D
  • 01/09/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 01/17/2018 - House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
  • 01/22/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB886)
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 02/09/2018 - House: Read second time
  • 02/09/2018 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
  • 02/09/2018 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB886E
  • 02/09/2018 - House: Printed as engrossed 18102884D-E
  • 02/12/2018 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB886E)
  • 02/12/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/23/2018 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
  • 03/01/2018 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N)
  • 03/02/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Read third time
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/07/2018 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/07/2018 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER)
  • 03/07/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB886ER)
  • 03/07/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/09/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/15/2018 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
  • 03/15/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
  • 04/06/2018 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/18)
  • 04/06/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)

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