2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                   CA AB550 R2 CA9

Amendment No. CA9

 

First Conference Committee Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 550  Second Reprint         (BDR 39‑1479)

Proposed by: First Conference Committee

Amendment Box: Resolves conflict with A.B. No. 636. Makes substantive change.

Resolves Conflicts with: AB636

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 the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 4 and renumbering sections 5 through 14 as sections 1 through 10.

     Amend sec. 6, page 3, by deleting lines 37 through 41 and inserting:

“evaluation, observation and treatment [under 433A.150 and may:

     (a)] ; and

          (2) Transport the allegedly mentally ill person [; or

     (b) Arrange] to a public or private mental health facility or hospital for that purpose, or arrange for the person to be transported by:

          [(1)] (I) A local law enforcement agency;

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

          [(3)] (III) If medically necessary, an ambulance service that holds a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of chapter 450B of NRS . [,

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to a public or private mental health facility for that purpose.]”.

     Amend sec. 6, pages 3 and 4, by deleting lines 47 and 48 on page 3 and lines 1 through 6 on page 4 and inserting:

     “(b) Apply to a district court for an order requiring:

          (1) Any peace officer to take an allegedly mentally ill person into custody to allow the applicant for the order to apply for the emergency admission of the allegedly mentally ill person for evaluation, observation and treatment; and

          (2) Any agency, system or service described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) to transport the allegedly mentally ill person to a public or private mental health facility or hospital for that purpose.”.

     Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 22, by deleting:

“For the purposes of” and inserting:

“As used in”.

     Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 35, by deleting “Make application” and inserting “Apply”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 15 and renumbering sec. 16 as sec. 11.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 17 and 18, renumbering sections 19 and 20 as sections 12 and 13 and adding a new section designated sec. 14, following sec. 20, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 14.  1.  This section and sections 1 and 3 to 13, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.

     2. Section 2 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the first and second lines and inserting:

“AN ACT relating to health; making various changes to procedures for”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises procedures for detention and civil commitment of mentally ill persons and revises provisions governing rights of patients of health care facilities. (BDR 39‑1479)”.