SB117 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Mental health, provide right of appeal for Dept. of Mental Health if court denies petition to release defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity, Secs. 15-16-41, 15-16-43, 15-16-60 to 15-16-71, inclusive, am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Existing law provides for the involuntary commitment of persons adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity or by reason of mental disease or defect</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide a right of appeal for the Department of Mental Health in cases where a court denies its petition to release a defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity or by reason of mental disease or defect, and would provide jurisdiction to hear the appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeals</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also amend related sections to delete outdated and obsolete terms</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 15-16-41, 15-16-43, 15-16-60, 15-16-61, 15-16-62, 15-16-63, 15-16-64, 15-16-65, 15-16-66, 15-16-67, 15-16-68, 15-16-69, 15-16-70, and 15-16-71, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to mental health; to provide a right of appeal for the Department of Mental Health in cases where a court denies its petition to release a defendant adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity or by reason of mental disease or defect, and would provide jurisdiction to hear the appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeals. </p>

Subjects

Mental Health