HB5594

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to include nurse practitioners in outpatient involuntary admission certifications.

HB5594 amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code by adding nurse practitioners to the list of professionals who can certify that an individual is subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis. It also mandates that certificates must include the clinical observations of the examining psychiatrist or nurse practitioner. The bill reduces the number of certificates needed for a court to set a hearing without additional examination from two to one.