Bill > A5182

This bill revises certain requirements for involuntary commitment for mental health treatment. It temporarily allows short-term care or psychiatric facilities, and special psychiatric hospitals to detain a person admitted involuntarily by referral from a screening service without a temporary court order for up to 72 hours. General hospitals may also apply to the court for a temporary order to hold a person for up to 72 additional hours in certain circumstances. The bill also requires the Departments of Human Services and Health to conduct a study on the challenges of placing individuals in appropriate treatment settings and the supply and demand for involuntary and voluntary commitment beds in the state.