S. 135100th CongressSenate Bill

Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 (determination of mental…

Official title: A bill to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenders with mental disease or defect to be conducted by a psychiatric nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist.

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Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required under chapter 313 (determination of mental capacity to stand trial and determination of the existence of insanity at the time of the offense) to be conducted by psychiatric nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists.

Introduced Jan 6, 1987
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Daniel Inouye

Democrat

U.S. Senator · HI

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

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