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AL SB330
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Section 22-52-16 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to modify the exclusion for mentally ill minors in State Department of Mental Health commitment provisions.
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Changes the exemption from applying to "mentally ill minors or children" to only applying to "persons under the age of 18 years," effectively allowing persons 18 years of age and older to be committed to the State Department of Mental Health.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Mental health, allowing for commitment of mentally ill persons 18 years old and older, Sec. 22-52-16 am'd.
Mental Health
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
3/15/2018