Tennessee HB 502: Mental Illness - As introduced, allows courts to order a person into a program of assisted outpatient mental health treatment upon finding certain conditions are met; provides a process for certain persons to petition a court on behalf of a proposed patient; establishes criteria for the evaluation of proposed patients and reporting to the court by physicians and certain mental health professionals. - Amends TCA Title 33.

Status: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee (as of 2021-03-26)

State: Tennessee · Session: 112 · Bill: HB 502

Subjects: Mental Illness

Sponsors: Massey, Rudd

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