HB191 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris EnglandRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Mental Health, involuntary commitment, Commissioner of Department of Mental Health required to place defendant in Alabama Security Medical Facility under certain conditions, commissioner prohibited from transferring defendant without obtaining leave from the court, Sec. 15-16-43 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a court has authority to place a mentally ill defendant who poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself, herself, or to others into the custody of the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health or into a public facility as the court may order.

This bill would provide that a court may order the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health to place a defendant in the Alabama Security Medical Facility and if the court places a defendant in the Alabama Security Medical Facility, the commissioner may not transfer the defendant to another facility without obtaining leave from the court that ordered the placement of the defendant.

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Subjects

Mental Health