Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 22)

Amended: Mental Health Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 288

Summary: Bill 22 amends the Mental Health Act, including to:

Add a new Part 2 that provides for the admission, detention and discharge of a youth from a hospital designated as a stabilization facility in order to provide health care regarding the youth's engagement in severe problematic substance use;
Provide that the best interests of a youth must be considered as specified;
Provide that a youth is admitted to a hospital following a life-threatening overdose for stabilization care for up to 48 hours or until the youth’s decision-making capacity is restored, for a maximum of 7 days.

In Force: By regulation