encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim legislative committee to study the role and function of county boards of mental illness.

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encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim legislative committee to study the role and function of county boards of mental illness.

encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim legislative committee to study the role and function of county boards of mental illness.

What This Bill Does

• encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim legislative committee to study the role and function of county boards of mental illness.
• Official keyword topics: Criminal Background Investigation House Concurrent Resolution Legislative Study Mentally Ill Persons Reports Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4752/Detail">Garcia</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>

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Official Summary Text

encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim legislative committee to study the role and function of county boards of mental illness.
Official keyword topics:
Criminal Background Investigation
House Concurrent Resolution
Legislative Study
Mentally Ill Persons
Reports
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4752/Detail">Garcia</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>

Current Bill Text

26.981.16 101st Legislative Session HCR6015

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Concurrent Resolution
6015
HOUSE JUDICIARY ENGROSSED

Introduced by: Representative Muckey

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative 1
Research Council to form an interim legislative committee to study the role 2
and function of county boards of mental illness. 3
WHEREAS, under statute, county boards of mental illness have jurisdiction over 4
applications or petitions for involuntary commitment, for the treatment of involuntarily 5
committed individuals, and for the safekeeping of involuntarily committed individuals; and 6
WHEREAS, under statute, county boards of mental illness must provide certain information 7
regarding involuntary commitments to the Attorney General for transmittal to the National 8
Instant Criminal Background Check System; and 9
WHEREAS, the best way to ensure the rights, safety, and security of all citizens is through 10
the identification and implementation of pro -active and collaborative problem -solving 11
measures that can be exercised through legal, public health, and public safety systems; 12
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 13
First Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the 14
Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council be encouraged to form an interim 15
legislative committee to study the role of county boards of mental illness, the nature and 16
scope of the boards’ authority, the efficacy of existing statutory frameworks governing the 17
voluntary and involuntary commitment processes, and how those existing frameworks can 18
beneficially intersect with the information transmittals potentially available through the 19
national instant criminal background check system; and 20
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the study address training available to individuals who 21
serve on county boards of mental health and opportunities for the standardization of such 22
training; and 23
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the study involve the perspectives of the Office of the 1
Attorney General, the Unified Judicial System, mental health boards, behavioral health 2
providers, and sheriffs, and that at the conclusion of the study, any findings and 3
recommendations for future legislative action be presented to the Executive Board. 4