Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health Committee on January 24, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 6551
AN ACT CONCERNING ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To reduce recurrent hospitalizations of persons with severe mental illness, prevent premature deaths, enhance public safety and provide more compassionate and effective mental health care while maintaining a commitment to increasing community-based mental health services and respecting individual rights.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 24 to January 24, 2025, 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 action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Jan 24 · stopped0 days
Public Health CommitteeJan 24 to Jan 24 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 24
- Jan 24Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses