OR SB171

Defines key terms for involuntary commitment: "dangerous to self" and "dangerous to others" as likely to inflict significant physical harm within the next 30 days; "serious physical harm" as injury creating substantial risk of death or causing serious disfigurement, protracted health impairment, or loss of bodily function

Expands evidence courts may consider in commitment proceedings to include threats or attempts of self-harm or suicide, threats that would place a reasonable person in fear of imminent harm, past behavior resulting in significant physical harm, and past patterns of deterioration leading to repeated psychiatric hospitalizations

Defines "behavioral health clinician" broadly to include psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, licensed counselors, physicians, physician assistants, and interns or residents working under supervision in clinical mental health fields

Amends multiple sections of ORS chapters 426 and 430 to replace "dangerous to any other person" with "dangerous to others" throughout involuntary commitment statutes, aligning terminology with new statutory definitions

Applies to individuals taken into custody by treatment facilities or law enforcement on or after the effective date of the Act