Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures
What this bill does
Authorizing a facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to take an individual who is involuntarily admitted under certain circumstances into confinement on observation status; requiring an individual confined on observation status to be examined within 24 hours by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; requiring that certain regulations require that an impartial hearing officer receive testimony from the physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner who examined the confined individual; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (26)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Bresnahan, Tammy | AARP MD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pitcher, Bill | Bellamy GennGroup | Position only |
| FAV | Hanson, Dr. Annette | Maryland Psyciatric Society | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Burgholzer, Dr. Jill | NPAM | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Burgholzer, Dr. Jill | NPAM | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Faulkner, Rachael | mna | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Appleby, Dr. Tonya | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bode, Dr. Claire | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Francis, Lorna | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lafferman, Dr. Jeffrey | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | LeMireux, Jeanine | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Morgan, Judy | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Morgan, Judy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ouelette, Sue | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Selway, Dr. Janet | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Eckardt, Senator Eckardtlegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Serafini, Grace | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Parsley, Luciene | Disability Rights Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Tompsett, Tommy | MD Psychiatric Society | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Wise, Steve | MedChi | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McCabe, Carroll | opd | Position only |
| FWA | Weinstein, Stanley | Board of Social Work | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Burton, Evelyn | SARDAA | Position only |
| FWA | Muhammads, Sabah | Treatment Advocacy Center | Position only |
| FWA | Connors, Joanne | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Ye, Webster | Maryland Department of Health | Written (PDF) |