Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF0729

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)