MN HF827

Amends Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 253B.05, subdivision 3 regarding civil commitment procedures and 72-hour emergency holds.

Court must make every reasonable effort to provide notice of proposed release to specific individuals identified in statements, individuals who might be endangered, the examining physician, and the peace or health officer who applied for the hold.

Treatment facility may release a person held for public intoxication/detoxification without notice once the person is no longer a danger, but must notify the transporting officer or law enforcement agency if requested.

Treatment facility head must immediately notify the employing agency of the transporting peace or health officer if a person is released, discharged, or leaves without consent during the 72-hour hold period, except where federal confidentiality law prohibits such notice.

Effective the day following final enactment.