Proposed H.B. No. 5057
Session Year 2021

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROBATE COURT TO ORDER THAT A PERSON WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY SUBMIT TO AN INVOLUNTARY MEDICAL EVALUATION AND ASSISTED OUTPATIENT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

To provide a Probate Court with the authority to order a person with a substance use disorder or psychiatric disability to submit to an involuntary medical evaluation and assisted outpatient medical treatment.

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