Bill Summary: A07827 - The Supportive Interventions Act

• Expands the definition of "likely to result in serious harm" to include psychiatric deterioration from untreated psychosis and substantial inability to meet basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, or medical care.

• Creates new categories of qualified mental health professionals (psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, clinical social workers, and licensed counselors) authorized to conduct psychiatric examinations and certifications for involuntary hospitalization, alongside physicians.

• Establishes new section 9.04 requiring clinical evaluations to consider recent behavior, medical/behavioral history, ability to adhere to outpatient treatment, and long-term health impacts of mental illness and self-neglect.

• Modifies assisted outpatient treatment procedures to expand eligibility criteria, streamline court hearing timelines, and require hospitals to screen discharged patients for assisted outpatient treatment eligibility and report quarterly to the Office of Mental Health.

• Authorizes adult care facility staff and community providers to request emergency evaluations and transport of residents showing signs of mental illness likely to result in serious harm, without presumption of involuntary admission.