This legislation also proposes that just as we have done for severe mental illness, once the person makes it to a hospital for evaluations, Doctors should have the ability to seek a court order to mandate treatment for substance use, even if the person's addictions makes them unwilling to accept treatment on their own. And I need to really lean into this because I want to be clear. This authority will belong solely to the doctors and nurses responding to people in need, and … (15:15–15:28)
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