Amendment #1 to H3672

An Act relative to commitments of persons found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness

The committee on Bills in the Third Reading recommends that the bill be amended Engrossed Bill relative to commitments of persons found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness (see House, No. 3672) being section 108 contained in the Engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (see House, No. 3650), which was returned by His Excellency the Governor pursuant to Article LVI with recommendation of amendment specified by him, (see Attachment I of  House, No. 3675)

Reports recommending that the amendment recommended by His Excellency the Governor be considered in the following form:

By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“Subsection (e) of section 16 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

In the event the superintendent communicates his intention to remove or modify such restriction in writing to the court and the district attorney who has or had jurisdiction of the criminal case, and within 14 days of receipt of notice from the superintendent, neither the court nor the district attorney makes written objection thereto, such restrictions shall be removed by the superintendent.”