MO HB1583

Repeals and reenacts section 211.041, RSMo, to modify juvenile court jurisdiction over children until age twenty-one.

Allows juvenile court to retain jurisdiction over a child who has been admitted to a mental health facility based on two independent psychiatric evaluations recommending admission, in addition to existing exceptions.

Grants juvenile court authority to order psychiatric evaluations on its own motion or at the request of any party, and to order a child's admission to a mental health facility for treatment.

Maintains that children over age seventeen prosecuted under juvenile court jurisdiction for violations committed after age seventeen shall be prosecuted under general law in regular courts instead.

Preserves existing exceptions to extended juvenile court jurisdiction for cases involving division of youth services commitment and unpaid assessments or restitution.