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Crisis response holds
HEALTH – Adds to existing law to provide for 24-hour holds for persons with major neurocognitive disorders experiencing an acute crisis.

RS30986 / S1247

This bill creates a legal and compassionate pathway to take someone with a major neurocognitive disorder in an acute crisis, and a danger to themselves or others, to a hospital emergency room for a medical assessment to determine if an undiagnosed medical reason is the cause of the acute crisis.

This legislation does not mandate any appropriations nor future appropriations. This legislation will not negatively affect the general fund.

Bill Events
Date Description
01/24 Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
01/25 Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
02/07 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
02/08 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
02/13 Retained on calendar
02/15 Retained on calendar
02/16 Retained on calendar
02/19 Retained on calendar
02/21 Retained on calendar
02/22 Retained on calendar
02/23 Referred to 14th Order for amendment
02/28 Placed in the Committee of the Whole
02/28 Reported out without recommendation, as amended
02/28 Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
02/28 Amendments reported printed
02/28 Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
02/28 Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
02/29 Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
03/05 Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 32-2-1
AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – Foreman, Lenney
Absent and excused – Anthon
Floor Sponsor - Wintrow
Title apvd - to House
03/06 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
03/06 Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare
03/20 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
03/21 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
03/22 U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 25, 2024
03/25 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw(Johnson), Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – None
Absent – Achilles, Horman
Floor Sponsor - Dixon(24)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/26 Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
03/26 Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
03/26 Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
03/27 Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
03/27 Reported delivered to Governor at 11:43 a.m. on 03/27/24
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