This legislation explicitly states that when mental illness prevents someone from meeting their basic needs of food, clothing, shelter or medical care, that person poses a danger to themselves and requires treatment. This legislation also requires hospitals to work more closely with outpatient providers, give more decision making authority to psychiatric nurse practitioners in our hospitals, empower families to get their loved ones involuntary help, and improve assisting outpatient treatment. to close the gaps in the system that prevent people from getting lasting care. This legislation ended the debate and set us up to effectively treat those suffering from serious mental illness. (11:39–12:00)
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Asserts that legislation requires hospitals to work with outpatient providers, empowers families, and improves outpatient treatment.
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