2022 House Bill 6355

Mandate psychological evaluation of minor in hospital for mental health

Introduced in the House

Aug. 17, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Graham Filler (R-93)

To prescribe in the state Mental Health Code provisions requiring that psychological evaluations be performed within a specified time period on a minor who is in a hospital emergency room due to a mental health episode, and expanding the pool of entities or individuals authorized to provide such evaluations.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy