Mental Health Court
OrganisationReferenced in 7 bills
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2023
This bill makes a wide range of health reforms to improve patient safety and expand access to healthcare. Key changes include allowing nurses and midwives to provide early medical terminations of pregnancy, counting babies as separate patients for midwife staffing ratios, requiring disclosure of serious patient safety risks identified by quality committees, and allowing Mental Health Court documents to be used in criminal proceedings.
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill amends nine health-related Acts to improve how Queensland's health system operates. It strengthens wellbeing protections for health workers, modernises cancer data collection, enables electronic recording of mental health tribunal proceedings, and streamlines several administrative processes including organ donation consent and school vision screening.
Disability Services and Other Legislation (Worker Screening) Amendment Bill 2020
This bill creates a nationally consistent worker screening system for the NDIS to better protect people with disability from harm. It requires workers in risk-assessed roles to be screened before starting work, enables clearances to be recognised across all Australian states and territories, and introduces ongoing national criminal history monitoring.
Justice and Other Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Amendment Bill 2020
This bill amends over 20 Queensland Acts to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. It provides financial relief for businesses and individuals, expands emergency powers for health and corrective services, and gives government agencies operational flexibility during the pandemic. Most provisions were set to expire on 31 December 2020.
Evidence and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
This bill makes several changes to Queensland's evidence and court procedures. It introduces shield laws to protect journalists' confidential sources, allows domestic violence victims to use police-recorded video statements as their main evidence, creates new procedures for examining deceased persons' remains in criminal cases, and makes administrative updates to magistrate transfers and computer warrants.
Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Mason Jett Lee) Amendment Bill 2019
This bill sought to introduce mandatory minimum prison sentences for the murder of children and create a new offence of 'child homicide'. Named after Mason Jett Lee, a child who was killed, it aimed to align Queensland's sentencing with other Australian states. The bill was defeated at the second reading and did not become law.
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
This bill makes wide-ranging amendments to Queensland health legislation, with major reforms to mental health law including stronger rights for patients in electroconvulsive therapy decisions and transfers, better access to patient records for allied health professionals, improved support for victims of unlawful acts, and various technical updates across multiple Acts.