Nevada SB347: Revises provisions relating to mental health crisis holds. (BDR 39-8)

What the bill says

An act relating to public safety; establishing procedures governing the confiscation and return of firearms involving persons placed on a mental health crisis hold; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law provides that an officer authorized to make arrests in this State and certain providers of health care who, based on personal observation of a person, have probable cause to believe that the person is in a mental health crisis, may place the person on a mental health crisis hold…

From the enrolled text, May 28, 2025:

AN ACT relating to public safety; establishing procedures governing the confiscation and return of firearms involving persons placed on a mental health crisis hold; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law provides that an officer authorized to make arrests in this State and certain providers of health care who, based on personal observation of a person, have probable cause to believe that the person is in a mental health crisis, may place the person on a mental health crisis hold. (NRS 433A.160) Under existing law, a mental health crisis hold is the detention of a person alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis for transport, assessment, evaluation, intervention and treatment, which generally may last not more than 72 hours. (NRS 433A.0175, 433A.150) Existing law also authorizes an officer who has probable cause to believe that a person poses a risk of causing a self-inflicted injury or a personal injury to another person by possessing or purchasing a firearm to file an application for an order for protection against high-risk behavior. (NRS 33.560) Under existing law, an order for protection against high-risk behavior, among other things, requires the person to surrender any firearm possessed or controlled by the person and prohibits the person from possessing or controlling a firearm while the order is …

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Sponsors

• Melanie Scheible (D, 9) · primary sponsor