HB 1753-S.E - DIGEST
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)

Corrects a technical oversight by recognizing a designated chemical dependency specialist as one of the qualified examining professionals authorized to sign an initial fourteen-day substance use disorder detention petition during the interim period between June 28, 2016, and April 1, 2018.

Allows a physician assistant working with a supervising psychiatrist to qualify as a designated crisis responder.