2025 c. 33, s.40

Section 40 — Independent mental health advocates

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

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Schedule 3 contains amendments relating to independent mental health advocates, including amendments which—

(a) provide for informal patients to qualify for help from independent mental health advocates;

(b) impose duties on hospital managers and others to notify providers of advocacy services about qualifying patients;

(c) impose duties on providers of advocacy services to arrange for certain patients to be interviewed to find out whether they want to use those services.