HB 778 Summary

• Requires courts to consider statements from a person's parents when determining if that person is imminently dangerous to self or others in emergency admission proceedings, involuntary hospitalization cases, assisted community treatment orders, and forced medication decisions.

• Applies the parental input requirement to persons of any age, except criminal defendants undergoing proceedings under sections 704-406 or 704-421.

• Expands the definition of "family member" in substance abuse treatment petitions to explicitly include a parent of the respondent regardless of whether the parent resides in the same household.

• Applies to multiple statutes governing mental health emergency procedures, involuntary hospitalization criteria, assisted community treatment criteria, and treatment authorization over a patient's objection.

• Effective upon approval.