To include a patient advocate authorized to make mental health treatment decisions among the people who may execute an application for the formal voluntary mental health hospitalization of an individual at least 18 years old who agrees to the hospitalization. Currently, only an individual or, with his or her assent, the individual's guardian may execute an application for hospitalization. See Senate Bill 1464, which allows an individual to designate a patient advocate for mental health treatment decisions.
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