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Opposition to H.1694/S.980, An Act to Provide Critical Community Health Services

Name: Massachusetts Association for Mental Health
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November 3, 2023

Advocacy Coalition

Categories: Roadmap for Reform, System Reform, Testimony

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Coalition-letter-to-Judiciary-Chairs-on-OPC-10-31-23-002.pdf

Advocates provided the Joint Committee on the Judiciary with substantial oral and written testimony in opposition to Involuntary Outpatient Commitment (IOC). This letter summarizes that testimony and addresses specific issues including the impact of IOC on communities of color and the misuse of the concept of “anosognosia” to advance IOC.