SB509 SFAT #2 Maroney 3-24

Dellinger  7987

Senator Maroney moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 509—A Bill to amend and reenact §27-5-3 and §27-5-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §27-5-3a, all relating to involuntary hospitalization; providing the Supreme Court of Appeals is requested to provided training to specified persons on medical conditions mimicking, causing, or contributing to a psychiatric presentation; providing that magistrate or mental hygiene commissioner may determine individual be evaluated for medical condition; removing a requirement that a determination of medical stability be found prior to admission to a mental health facility;  providing that a physical may be provided to the individual upon admission to the mental health facility; providing that if after entry of order of involuntary hospitalization is entered the cause is determined to be medical rather than physical this shall not serve to make the person banned from possessing a firearm; and requiring specified persons to transport to a diversion facility as designated by the chief medical officer of the state hospital.

Adopted

Rejected