Relating to involuntary commitment process pilot program.

HB 5213 expands West Virginia's involuntary commitment pilot program to include Cabell, Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan, and Ohio counties. It requires mental health centers to provide timely evaluations (in-person or via video when delays would occur) and explain commitment processes to individuals. The bill mandates quarterly audits of commitment applications to ensure clinical justification and establishes a process to develop standards for alternative transportation providers before they can be used. These changes directly affect mental health centers, courts, law enforcement, and the Department of Human Services in the pilot counties.