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MO SB1055
Bill
Status
2/15/2016
Primary Sponsor
Jeanie Riddle
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 552.020, RSMo, governing procedures for defendants found mentally unfit to stand trial due to mental disease or defect
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Grants legal counsel for the Department of Mental Health standing to file motions and participate in hearings on involuntary medication issues after a person is committed to the department's custody
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Maintains existing framework requiring court-ordered psychiatric/psychological examinations within 60 days when a judge has reasonable cause to believe an accused lacks mental fitness to proceed
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Preserves 6-month review process after commitment to evaluate whether the accused has regained mental fitness or has a substantial probability of doing so in the foreseeable future
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Makes technical gender-neutral language updates throughout the statute (changing "he" to "the judge," adding "or her" references)
Legislative Description
Authorizes legal counsel for the Department of Mental Health to have standing in certain hearings involving a person unable to stand trial due to lack of mental fitness
Last Action
Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
4/21/2016