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Adds to existing law to provide for 24-hour holds for persons with major neurocognitive disorders experiencing an acute crisis.

HEALTH -- Adds to existing law to provide for 24-hour holds for persons with major neurocognitive disorders experiencing an acute crisis.

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This bill creates a legal and compassionate pathway to take someone with a major neurocognitive disorder in an acute crisis, and a danger to themselves or others, to a hospital emergency room for a medical assessment to determine if an undiagnosed medical reason is the cause of the acute crisis.

house Chamber· Mar 24, 2024

House Third Reading

Passed
68 Yea
0 Nay
2 absentPassed by 68 votes
Republican
58 yea/0 nay
Democrat
10 yea/0 nay
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ABSENT / NOT VOTING (2)

Session Law Chapter 264 Effective: 10/01/2024