Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care ; Expands mental health crisis services to include the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline call center; authorizes a guardian advocate to be discharged when a patient is discharged from involuntary outpatient services; requires clinical psychologists who make determinations of involuntary placement at certain mental health facilities to have specified clinical experience; authorizes a designated facility to retain a patient for the remainder of a specified timeframe under certain circumstances.

Every action

45 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Apr 29, 2025HouseIn Messages
2. Apr 30, 2025HouseSenate Message List
3. Apr 30, 2025HouseAmendment 558074 Concur
4. Apr 30, 2025HouseCS passed as amended; YEAS112 , NAYS 0
5. Apr 30, 2025HouseOrdered engrossed, then enrolled
6. Jun 12, 2025GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
7. Jun 13, 2025GovernorApproved by Governor
8. Jun 16, 2025Chapter No. 2025-143

Roll calls

5 recorded votes: 3 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.

• Karen Gonzalez PittmanR Primary sponsor · District 65
• H& Health & Human Services Committee Sponsoring committee
• HS Human Services Subcommittee Sponsoring committee