HB 560 Commitment hearing; community services board representative, treating physician, etc to attend

About HB-560

Commitment hearing; independent examiner or community services board member attending. Requires the independent examiner and the community services board employee or designee who prepared the prescreening report, or if the hearing occurs in a different jurisdiction, an employee or designee of the local community services board or behavioral health authority serving that jurisdiction, to attend the commitment hearing or, if physical attendance is not practicable, to participate in the hearing through a two-way electronic video and audio or telephonic communication system. The bill also provides that the initial period of involuntary commitment shall be 30 days and allows for a subsequent order authorizing an additional period of 180 days. The bill also sets forth conditions for when a person may be ordered to mandatory outpatient treatment.