MT HB395

Adds definition of "unsound mind" to election law (Title 13), meaning a person incapable of normally managing affairs in a reasonable manner due to fundamentally lacking intellectual powers or inability to understand and act with discretion in ordinary life affairs

Adds definition of "penal institution" to election law, including any penal or correctional facility where inmates may be lawfully confined as a consequence of a felony conviction, including facilities for the mentally ill or mentally defective

Requires courts to make a finding of whether a defendant or respondent is of "unsound mind" in mental health commitment proceedings under sections 46-14-312, 53-21-127, and 53-21-197

Specifies that individuals are no longer considered "of unsound mind" upon discharge from mental health commitment or release from the custody of the Department of Public Health and Human Services

Revises the definition of "mental health facility" to remove language stating that correctional institutions or jails are not mental health facilities within the meaning of the mental health chapter