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Witnesses to Judiciary committee urge clearer court pathway to revoke orders of nonhospitalization
Summary
Witnesses told the Judiciary committee that designated agencies face a bottleneck when attempting to have orders of nonhospitalization (ONH) revoked: agencies file revocation requests to the Department of Mental Health, which often delays or declines to petition courts, leaving people and communities at risk and prompting calls to clarify statutory authority.
Committee testimony on Jan. 29 focused on gaps in oversight for people placed on orders of nonhospitalization and on how the state moves (or fails to move) revocation petitions to court.
"There are limited mechanisms for meaningful community oversight of individuals who are on orders of nonhospitalization," said Dr. Simi Ravan, chief medical officer at Howard Center and a forensic psychiatrist. She told the Judiciary committee that many people subject to ONHs come out of criminal court and that when they disengage from mandated treatment, clinical teams have few tools to protect public safety and the individuals themselves.
Ravan described…
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