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SF 729 Senate Long Description

E Relating to civil commitment; including assessment of the medical necessity of continuing care in the patient right to periodic medical assessment; expanding notice requirements relating to patient rights; authorizing the use of legally authorized health care proxies, agents, guardians or conservators to exercise patient rights on behalf of the patient; requiring facilities to use clinical admission criteria consistent with certain current inpatient admission standards in making voluntary admission decisions; providing for court appointment of substitute decision makers under certain conditions; strengthening the coverage requirement of health plan companies for mental health services ordered by the court for persons under temporary confinement; requiring a statement of information for emergency hold under certain conditions; prohibiting petitioners under prepetition screening requirements from being a member of the screening team, modifying and expanding certain investigation requirements and specifying certain team to proposed patient notice requirements; specifying the standard of proof for refusal to accept appropriate mental health treatment; eliminating the authority of private treatment facilities to refuse to accept committed or transferred persons, requiring insurers to provide court ordered treatment and services under private treatment (ra, ja)