Disability Rights Vermont urges narrow expansion to allow ED physician assistants to make initial psychiatric certifications Disability Rights Vermont told the House Health Committee it supports H 573 to let physician assistants in emergency departments perform the initial certification for involuntary psychiatric holds, but urged narrowing the language and adding reporting and automatic preliminary-hearing safeguards.

Disability Rights Vermont is advocating for a crucial change to allow emergency department physician assistants to expedite psychiatric certifications, potentially transforming care for those in crisis.

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