Excluding time for evaluation and treatment of certain medical conditions from the time limit for emergency detention without a hearing

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill excludes from the 72-hour time limit that an individual may be detained without a hearing for the purposes of emergency detention any period during which the individual's behavior is not observable that is directly attributable to evaluation or stabilizing treatment of a nonpsychiatric medical condition.

Currently, in Milwaukee County, the treatment director of a facility has 24 hours from the time the individual is delivered to the facility to determine whether or not the individual must be detained for purposes of emergency detention. Once the treatment director makes a determination that an individual is being detained, the individual may not be detained for longer than 72 hours. The 24-hour period in which the treatment director must make the determination may be extended by any period that the determination is delayed that is directly attributable to evaluation or stabilizing treatment of nonpsychiatric medical conditions. Currently, in counties other than Milwaukee County, there is no 24-hour period for determination by a treatment director, and the 72-hour period begins when the individual is taken into custody by law enforcement or another authorized person and continues upon transfer of the individual to the treatment facility.

Who's behind it

2 senators are its authors⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.