Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities
SUMMARY--Directs legislative commission to conduct interim study of laws relating to definition of mentally ill person for purposes of evaluation and treatment. (BDR S-1184)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to mental health; directing the legislative commission to conduct an interim study of the statutes of this state and other states that establish criteria for determining whether a person is mentally ill for the purposes of evaluation and treatment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 1. The legislative commission shall appoint a committee to conduct an interim study of the statutes of this state, including, without limitation, the provisions of chapter 433A of NRS, and the statutes of other states, that establish criteria for determining whether a person is mentally ill for the purposes of evaluation and treatment.
2. The legislative commission shall report the results of the study and any recommendations for legislation to the director of the legislative counsel bureau for transmittal to the 70th session of the legislature.
3. Any recommended legislation proposed by the committee must be approved by a majority of the members of the senate and by a majority of the members of the assembly appointed to the committee.