Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1856 by Burkett (Relating to the authority of a mental health facility to require a peace officer to transport a person apprehended for emergency detention to a medical facility to receive a medical evaluation before being transported to the mental health facility.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Under the provisions of the bill, a mental health facility would not be permitted to require a peace officer to transport a person apprehended for emergency detention to a medical facility to receive a medical evaluation without having first transported the person to the mental health facility.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.