2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB636 608

Amendment No. 608

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 636                                                              (BDR 39‑1077)

Proposed by: Committee on Health and Human Services

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 13 and 14 and inserting:

          “(1) A local law enforcement agency ;

          (2) A system for the nonemergency medical transportation of persons whose operation is authorized by the transportation services authority; or

          (3) If medically necessary, an ambulance service that holds a permit issued pursuant to the”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 27, after “physician” by inserting:

“or physician’s assistant”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 33 through 35.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 36, by deleting “3.” and inserting “2.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 42, by deleting “[3.] 4.” and inserting “3.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 3, line 1, by deleting “[4] 5.” and inserting “4.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, by deleting line 13 and inserting:

     “(b) Arrange for the person to be transported by:

          (1) A system for the nonemergency medical transportation of persons whose operation is authorized by the transportation services authority; or

          (2) If medically necessary, an ambulance service”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 4 and 5.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to mental health; authorizing certain persons to transport an allegedly mentally ill person to a mental health facility at the request of the proper authority; authorizing a physician’s assistant or an advanced practitioner of nursing to conduct the medical examination required for the emergency admission of an allegedly mentally ill person to a mental health facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.