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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 898

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE PROBATE COURT ISSUE AN ORDER ALLOWING A PATIENT WHO IS INCAPABLE OF GIVING INFORMED CONSENT TO RECEIVE SHOCK THERAPY.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health Committee on January 27, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To eliminate the requirement that the Probate Court issue an order allowing a patient who is incapable of giving informed consent to receive shock therapy.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 24 to January 27, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 24 to Jan 27 · stopped3 days

Public Health CommitteeJan 24 to Jan 27 · stopped3 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 24 – Jan 27

  1. Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
  2. Heard in Public Health Committee
All 2 actions, as published