S.F. No. 3202 Summary

• Amends mental health data privacy laws to allow disclosure to law enforcement during emergencies and to jail personnel for providing or coordinating mental health services, with specific limitations on use and notification requirements.

• Creates new commitment procedures for persons found incompetent to participate in criminal proceedings, requiring least restrictive treatment facilities and mandating competency restoration reports within one month.

• Authorizes administration of neuroleptic medications to incarcerated individuals in jails under certain conditions, including emergency situations and with court orders similar to treatment facility procedures.

• Requires sheriffs or chief executives to ensure county jail inmates incarcerated 14 days or more receive comprehensive specialized mental health assessments, with assessments offered but not mandated for inmates awaiting trial.

• Appropriates unspecified funds in fiscal year 2017 from the general fund to the commissioner of human services to fully fund bed capacity at all community behavioral health hospitals.