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In 2022, the New Zealand Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission published the mental health services and addiction services report, Te Huringa: Change and Transformation. [11] This monitoring report was the first of its kind and was a reconstructed model of the previous Mental Health Commissioner’s framework.
Regional Boards had the role of co-commissioning (purchasing) services based on local community needs, and with the ongoing leadership of people with lived experience. Regional Boards have been written into the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic), due to begin work by 31 December 2024, and will require an Act of Parliament to remove them.
The Victorian Mental Health Act (1986) specifies in part that: "(1) A person may be admitted to and detained in an approved mental health service as an involuntary patient in accordance with the procedures specified in this Act only if— (a) the person appears to be mentally ill; and
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is a United States federal law, passed in 2022. It implemented several changes to the mental health system, school safety programs, and gun control laws. It implemented several changes to the mental health system, school safety programs, and gun control laws.
To address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals. Pub. L. 117–105 (text), H.R. 1667, 136 Stat. 1118, enacted March 18, 2022: 117-106 March 18, 2022: Amache National Historic Site Act To establish the Amache National Historic Site in the State of Colorado as a Unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
In many jurisdictions, people diagnosed with mental health disorders can also be forced to undergo treatment while in the community; this is sometimes referred to as outpatient commitment and shares legal processes with commitment. Criteria for civil commitment are established by laws which vary between nations.
Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act: To address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color, and for other purposes. H.R. 1480: March 2, 2021: HERO Act: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, and for other ...
Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea, insanity defences; legal definitions of "sane," "insane," and "incompetent;" informed consent; and automatism, amongst many others. Statutory law usually takes the form of a mental health statute. An example is the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. These acts codify aspects of ...