SB122 H JUD AMT 3-4 #1
The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the bill as follows:
S. B. 122 - "A bill to amend and reenact §27-4-1 and §27-4-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the voluntary hospitalization at mental health facilities; relating to the voluntary admission of minors into a mental health facility for mental illness, mental retardation or addiction; removing the requirement that the minor's consent be secured before they are voluntarily admitted to a mental health facility if the minor is twelve years of age or older; requiring the consent or an emancipated minor before he or she is voluntarily committed; providing that the release of any minor from a voluntary hospitalization may be conditioned on the approval of the person or persons who applied for their admission; clarifying that the state is not obligated to pay for voluntary hospitalization; and requiring a provider to release an unemancipated minor's drug addiction and treatment records to a parent or legal guardian without the unemancipated minor's written consent."