2025-01-22                     Senate Journal                      Page 0038
SB 44                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 44 BY SENATOR CLAMAN, entitled:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act relating to the rights of minors undergoing                                                                   
          evaluation or inpatient treatment at psychiatric                                                                      
          hospitals; relating to the use of seclusion or restraint                                                              
          of minors at psychiatric hospitals; relating to a report                                                              
          published by the Department of Health; relating to                                                                    
          inspections by the Department of Health of certain                                                                    
          psychiatric hospitals; and providing for an effective                                                                 
          date."                                                                                                                
          (Prefile released January 17, 2025)                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Health and Social Services                                                          
and Finance Committees.