Committee reviews H 73 to let PAs and other health professionals certify emergency exams with state training requirement The Health Care Committee considered H 73, which would allow physician assistants and other qualified health care professionals to sign emergency‑examination certificates for involuntary commitment and requires training administered by the Department of Mental Health; witnesses supported access improvements but warned of civil‑liberty risks and diagnostic bias.

A new bill could empower physician assistants and other health professionals to certify emergency psychiatric exams, but concerns about civil liberties and diagnostic bias loom large.

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