This year, our partners in the state have clarified our laws, opening the door to a new era of meaningful reforms and lasting change. 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 … (11:22–11:39)
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Asserts that legislation states mental illness preventing basic needs fulfillment poses a danger and requires treatment.
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