HB2362sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

Filed: 5/9/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2362

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2362 on page 4, by replacing lines 19 through 26 with the following:

"(6) Records and communications may be disclosed to a court-appointed therapist, psychologist, or psychiatrist for use in determining a person's fitness to stand trial if the records were made within the 180-day period immediately preceding the date of the therapist's, psychologist's or psychiatrist's court appointment. These records and communications shall be admissible only as to the issue of the person's fitness to stand trial. Records and communications may be disclosed when such are made during treatment which the recipient is ordered to undergo to render him fit to stand trial on a criminal charge, provided that the disclosure is made only with respect to the issue of fitness to stand trial."; and

on page 5, by deleting lines 1 thorough 7.