Suicide Prevention
Summary
Suicide Prevention; Authorizing certain diagnoses to be made through telehealth; renaming the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse as the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder; revising the purposes of the commission to include an assessment of the state’s suicide prevention infrastructure; revising the membership and duties of the commission; requiring the commission to submit annual interim reports to the Governor and Legislature for a specified timeframe, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Signed Jun 16, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 19, 2023 · House Apr 20, 2023
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Apr 19, 2023
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Jun 16, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 12, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Rules
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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