SB1492 Summary

• Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report monthly data on crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, assisted community treatment evaluations, court-ordered treatments, and involuntary hospitalization petitions, disaggregated by county and disposition.

• Mandates the Department of Health to respond to reports of persons with severe mental illness, assess them for assisted community treatment eligibility, and coordinate the evaluation, certification, and petition process if criteria are met.

• Establishes that court denials of involuntary commitment petitions automatically trigger Department of Health notification and assessment for assisted community treatment eligibility.

• Requires the Attorney General to assist with preparation and filing of assisted community treatment petitions and related court proceedings for private petitioners, unless declined.

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for software, website development, staffing (coordinator, data analyst, and epidemiologist positions), and statewide media and education campaigns on mental health emergency examination, hospitalization, and assisted community treatment policies.