PRINTER'S NO. 770
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
713
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, TOOHIL, ENGLISH, McNEILL, MILLARD,
ZIMMERMAN, BOBACK, SAYLOR, STAATS, DeLUCA, D. COSTA, WARD,
OBERLANDER, CORBIN, McGINNIS, QUIGLEY, SANKEY, PICKETT,
WHEELAND AND MARSICO, MARCH 6, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 6, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143), entitled "An
act relating to mental health procedures; providing for the
treatment and rights of mentally disabled persons, for
voluntary and involuntary examination and treatment and for
determinations affecting those charged with crime or under
sentence," in involuntary examination and treatment, further
providing for persons who may be subject to involuntary
emergency examination and treatment, for involuntary
emergency examination and treatment authorized by a physician
- not to exceed one hundred twenty hours, for extended
involuntary emergency treatment certified by a judge or
mental health review officer - not to exceed twenty days, for
court-ordered involuntary treatment not to exceed ninety
days; and, in determinations affecting those charged with
crime, or under sentence, further providing for incompetence
to proceed on criminal charges and lack of criminal
responsibility as defense.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 301, 302(a)(1), 303(c)(1) and (h),
304(a)(1), (b)(2), (f) and (g)(4) and 402(b) of the act of July
9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143), known as the Mental Health Procedures
Act, are amended to read:
Section 301. Persons Who May be Subject to Involuntary
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