PRINTER'S NO. 1460
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1233
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BLOOM, BOBACK, BRIGGS,
V. BROWN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DeLISSIO, EVERETT, GODSHALL,
HEFFLEY, IRVIN, KINSEY, MICCARELLI, D. MILLER, MUSTIO,
NEILSON, NELSON, RADER, ROTHMAN, TAYLOR, TOEPEL, TOOHIL,
WATSON AND WHITE, APRIL 17, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 17, 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 general provisions, further providing for scope
of act, providing for definitions and further providing for
individualized treatment plan; in involuntary examination and
treatment, further providing for persons subject, for persons
for whom application may be made, and for additional periods
of court-ordered involuntary treatment; and adding provisions
relating to assisted outpatient treatment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 103 of the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817,
No.143), known as the Mental Health Procedures Act, is amended
to read:
Section 103. Scope of Act.--This act establishes rights and
procedures for all involuntary treatment of mentally ill
persons, whether inpatient or outpatient, and for all voluntary
inpatient treatment of mentally ill persons. ["Inpatient
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