Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB435: Generally revise laws related to mentally ill individuals
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising laws related to mentally ill individuals; providing for a 72-hour mental health hold; providing for a waiver of physical presence at hearings; and amending sections 53-21-119, 53-21-129, 53-21-132, and 53-21-140, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS; PROVIDING FOR A 72-HOUR MENTAL HEALTH HOLD; PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF PHYSICAL PRESENCE AT HEARINGS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 53-21-119, 53-21-129, 53-21-132, AND 53-21-140, MCA. Section 1. 72-hour mental health hold. (1) (a) An individual may be placed in a mental health facility as defined in 53-21-102 or a crisis stabilization facility as described in 53-21-1403 for a period up to 72 hours at the written request of a mental health professional as defined in 53-21-102 if the individual, as a result of a mental disorder, meets one or more of the following criteria: (i) the individual is unable to provide for the individual's own basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, health, or safety; (ii) the individual causes injury to the individual's self or to others; or (iii) the individual is an imminent threat to the individual's self or to others. (b) The 72-hour period begins at the time when the individual is first detained. (c) The county attorney and the office of the state public defender must be immediately notified of the individual detained and of the facts justifying the detention. (2) The county may authorize transportation to an appropriately licensed facility within the state if there is not an appropriate mental health facility or crisis stabilization facility within …
Sponsors
- Esp, John (R, 29) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments
Votes
- Do Pass (April 17, 2025): 49 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 16, 2025): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 98 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur As Amended (April 10, 2025): 97 yea, 2 nay, passed
- AMD-SB0435.002.001 Reavis DO PASS (April 10, 2025): 83 yea, 15 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Social Services, Mental Illness or Incapacity, Institutions, Civil Procedure, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is SB435?
- SB435 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise laws related to mentally ill individuals.
- What does SB435 do?
- In its own words: An act generally revising laws related to mentally ill individuals; providing for a 72-hour mental health hold; providing for a waiver of physical presence at hearings; and amending sections 53-21-119, 53-21-129, 53-21-132, and 53-21-140, mca.
- What is the status of SB435?
- Signed into law as of May 16, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB435?
- Esp, John (R, 29).
- Where is the official record for SB435?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4008
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