Bill Summary

by Calatayud  CS Sponsors: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Rules

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care; Expanding mental health crisis services to include the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline call center; authorizing the guardian advocate to be discharged when a patient is discharged from involuntary outpatient services; providing that a designated facility that has received the transfer of a patient outside a specified timeframe or that does not receive timely notification of a transfer may not release such patient or be ordered by a court to release such patient under specified circumstances; providing that orders entered by administrative law judges for continued involuntary placement for patients at certain mental health facilities are final and subject to judicial review, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025

   S Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
   S Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
   S Rules