An Act ending unnecessary hospitalizations

This bill requires healthcare providers and emergency responders to check for available community-based mental health services before seeking involuntary hospitalization for individuals with mental illness. It defines "community alternatives" to include crisis intervention teams, urgent care services, peer support programs, and other non-hospital settings, requiring that these options be considered first unless they are unavailable or the person refuses them. The law also mandates that hospitalization applications document why community alternatives were inappropriate or declined, and it requires the state department to track hospitalization data by demographics and maintain a public website listing available community services and their capacity.