Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Dail Éireann — 2025-06-11
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I move amendment No. 93:
In page 36, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:
“Psychosocial assessment of involuntarily admitted person
26. (1) Where an involuntary admission order has been made in relation to an involuntarily admitted person, a mental healthcare professional (other than a consultant psychiatrist) on the staff of the registered acute mental health centre who is involved in the care and treatment of the person concerned shall carry out a psychosocial assessment of the person concerned no later than 2 working days after the date of the making of the order.
(2) The conclusions of a psychosocial assessment of an involuntarily admitted person carried out under subsection (1) shall be recorded in that person’s medical record.
(3) A psychosocial assessment shall not be carried out by a relative or spouse of the person concerned.”.

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