HB 929 Summary

• Adds "gravely disabled" as a criterion for involuntary mental health detention alongside "likelihood of serious harm," defining gravely disabled as lacking judgment in managing resources and social relations such that health or safety is significantly endangered.

• Expands eligibility for prosecuting attorney assistant positions for mental health matters to include first-class counties with 150,000-200,000 inhabitants that operate state psychiatric facilities capable of serving at least 80 overnight inpatient beds.

• Modifies detention procedures to allow persons to be taken into custody for evaluation when gravely disabled with imminent risk to health or safety, in addition to the existing standard of likelihood of serious harm.

• Updates mental health definitions and procedures throughout chapters 631 and 632 to consistently include "gravely disabled" as grounds for detention, evaluation, and involuntary commitment at multiple stages (96-hour evaluation, 21-day inpatient, 90-day inpatient, and 180-day outpatient detention).

• Requires courts considering extended detention to evaluate whether guardianship or conservatorship under chapter 475 is appropriate based on the person's condition and treatment history.