HB491 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

HB491 Alabama 2010 Session

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2010

Session

22

Sponsors

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Terry Spicer
Democrat
Co-Sponsors: William E. Thigpen James C. Fields Craig Ford H. Mac Gipson Gerald H. Allen Jimmy Martin Alan Baker Greg Wren Robert Bentley Ken Guin Merika Coleman Betty Carol Graham Chris England Oliver Robinson Mike Millican Marcel Black Alan Harper Lesley Vance William “Bill” M. Beasley Mary Moore Alan Boothe
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Mental Health Department, certain institutions, leasing, transferring, or management by nongovernmental entities, approval by Legislature required, Sec. 22-50-9 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Department of Mental Health, through its commissioner, is authorized to act in any prudent way to provide mental health services and mental retardation services for the people of Alabama.
This bill would provide that those institutions over which the Department of Mental Health has control may not be leased, transferred, or placed under the supervision or management of a nongovernmental entity without first obtaining the consent of the Legislature.
Subjects: Mental Health Department

Bill Actions

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Government Appropriations

Bill Text

Download Introduced PDF

Documents

Bill Text (Introduced) HB491 Alabama 2010 Session - Introduced

Source: Alabama Legislature