2003 Senate Bill 683 ↩

House Roll Call 1069: Passed

To expand the definition of "person requiring treatment" in the state mental health code to include a person who does not comply with treatment recommended by a mental health professional, and whose noncompliance has been a factor in the individual's placement in a psychiatric hospital, prison, or jail at least twice in the past four years, or the individual's making a threat, or attempting or committing serious violent behavior toward himself within the past four years. Under current law, a "person requiring treatment" may be subject to involuntary mental health treatment ordered by a court, or other actions. See also Senate Bills 684 and 685.