AB746AB746
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Health
Relating to: eliminating emergency detention under the fifth standard of dangerousness, eliminating termination of involuntary civil commitments under the fifth standard of dangerousness, permitting only petitions approved by the attorney general to be filed for involuntary civil commitment under the fifth standard of dangerousness and providing access by the counsel for the interests of the public to court records and treatment records of persons receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or drug dependence.
By Representatives Rhoades, Bock, Musser, Stone, Huber, Ladwig, Urban, Kelso, La Fave, M. Lehman, Pettis, Handrick, Berceau, Spillner, Albers, Hahn, Ainsworth and Brandemuehl; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Grobschmidt, Panzer, George, Rude, Jauch, Roessler, Schultz, Darling, Huelsman and Farrow.
February 10, 2000 Referred to committee on Health.
March 13, 2000 PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (13) Representatives Underheim, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Carpenter, Krusick, La Fave, Meyer, Miller and Schooff.
Absent: (5) Representatives Urban, Handrick, Walker, Wieckert and Waukau.
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Representative Peter Bock, 7th Assembly District
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Representative Kitty Rhoades, 30th Assembly District
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Darold Treffert, MD, State Medical Society
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Alan Lee, Department of Justice
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Kevin Lewis, DHFS
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Galen Strebe, Madison, self
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Gregory John, Wauwatosa, NAMI-Greater Milwaukee
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Sarah Diedrick-Kasdorf, WI Counties Assn.
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Robert L. Beilman, NAMI-WI Alliance for the Mentally Ill
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Lynn Breedlove, WI Coalition for Advocacy
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None.
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Representative Kitty Rhoades, 30th Assembly District
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Senator Peggy Rosenzweig, 5th Senate District
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Kathleen Eiler, Milwaukee County Mental Health Division
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None.
March 16, 2000
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Present: (18) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Carpenter, Krusick, La Fave, Meyer, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Absent: (0) None.
Moved by Representative Olsen, seconded by Representative Meyer, that
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 746
be recommended for adoption.
Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Meyer, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: (1) Representative Carpenter.
Absent: (0) None.
ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 1, Absent 0
Moved by Representative Johnsrud, seconded by Representative Meyer, that
Assembly Bill 746
be recommended for passage as amended.
Ayes: (17) Representatives Underheim, Urban, Handrick, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Krusick, La Fave, Meyer, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: (1) Representative Carpenter.
Absent: (0) None.
PASSAGE AS AMENDED RECOMMENDED, Ayes 17, Noes 1, Absent 0
Sandra Lonergan
Committee Clerk
