Bill > H2194

This bill proposes to modify an existing law related to emergency mental health restraint and hospitalization by adding a specific condition to when a person can be hospitalized. Under the proposed change, if a person has already been arrested and detained, and a police officer has submitted a petition for hospitalization under a specific subsection, the standard reception procedures might be different. While the exact details of the full procedure are not completely clear from this excerpt, the bill appears to be creating an additional pathway or exception for hospitalizing individuals who are already in police custody and for whom a hospitalization petition has been filed. The modification is being made to Chapter 123, Section 12(b) of the Massachusetts General Laws, which likely governs mental health emergency procedures, and seems intended to provide more flexibility or clarity in the process of involuntary mental health hospitalization when law enforcement is involved.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2194