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10月28日新西兰卫生部消息，卫生部长安德鲁·利特尔宣布《心理健康（强制评估和治疗）修正法案》已经三读通过，这是确保患者安全的重要一步，直到整个法案被取代。
卫生部长安德鲁·利特尔说：”今天的修正案取消了无限期的治疗令，这些命令被批评为严重侵犯人权。他们还允许患者家属通过视听方式参加会议，并确保严重精神疾病的特殊患者在运输时更安全″。
安德鲁·利特尔说：”这是为了确保新西兰人得到他们需要的心理健康支持，何时何地得到。《心理健康法》因与怀唐伊条约和新西兰其他国内和国际人权承诺不合力而受到广泛批评。这是本届政府履行承诺，一种生活方式的建议改进有关精神卫生的立法，迈出了重要的一步《政府精神健康和成瘾调查报告》。这是精神健康和成瘾系统巨大变革的一部分，政府为此提供了有意义的投资支持”。
安德鲁·利特尔说:”今天的修正案是朝着确保精神病患者和危难患者得到更好支持的又一步骤。政府承诺确保新西兰人的心理健康立法支持精神健康方法。这一承诺在最近发布的耐心等待新西通往心理健康的长期途径中提出的。上周，公众开始就全面废除和取代《精神卫生法》展开咨询″。
《心理健康（强制评估和治疗）修正法案》修订了1992年《心理健康（强制性评估和治疗）法》，取消无限期治疗令。 在运送根据《精神卫生法》界定的特殊患者的法医患者时，尽量减少对患者或公众的伤害风险。解决技术起草问题，提高该法的行政效率。 取消《2020年COVID-19应对（进一步管理办法）立法法》对技术修订和视听链接进行修订的日期。
*2003年《刑事诉讼程序（精神障碍者）法》允许法院认定某人因精神错乱或不适合受审而被控犯罪。然后，这些人根据《心理健康法》成为特殊患者，并在安全的环境中接受心理健康治疗。
最近政府心理健康和福祉公告：460万纽币对同性变年轻人的福利支持。青年心理健康基金自2019年宣布《心理健康和成瘾一揽子计划》以来，政府执行股的第一份报告取得了巨大进展。需要耐心等待长期路径同类的第一个10年计划，针对精神痛苦的原因，并提出了如何实现健康的未来。太平洋预防自杀支持为更多心理健康举措设立创新基金。
Mental Health Act Amendment Bill passes third reading
The Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Bill has passed its third reading, an important step to ensure patient safety until the whole Act can be replaced, Health Minister Andrew Little says.
“Today’s amendments eliminate indefinite treatment orders, which have been criticised as a serious breach of human rights,” Health Minister Andrew Little said.
“They also allow family members of patients to attend meetings audio-visually and ensure ‘special patients’ experiencing severe mental illness are safer when being transported.
“This is to make sure New Zealanders get the mental health support they need, when and where they need it,” Andrew Little said.
“The Mental Health Act has been widely criticised for being out of step with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and New Zealand’s other domestic and international human rights commitments.
“This is a significant step by this Government in delivering on its commitment to improve the legislation around mental health as recommended by He Ara Oranga – the report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction.
“This is part of a huge transformation of the mental health and addiction system which the Government has backed up with meaningful investment. Today’s amendments are another step towards ensuring people who experience mental illness and distress are better supported, Andrew Little said.
The Government’s commitment to ensuring mental health legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand supports a mental wellbeing approach is set out in the recently released Kia Manawanui Aotearoa: Long-term pathway to mental wellbeing.
Last week public consultation opened for the full repeal and replacement of the Mental Health Act.
The Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Bill amends the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 by:
· Eliminating indefinite treatment orders
· minimising the risk of harm to the patient or the public when transporting forensic patients who are ‘special patients’ as defined under the Mental Health Act
· addressing technical drafting issues that will improve the administrative efficiency of the Act
· removing the sunset date for technical amendments and audio visual link amendments made by the COVID-19 Response (Further Management Measures) Legislation Act 2020.
· *The Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 allows courts to find someone being charged with a crime either not guilty by reason of insanity, or unfit to stand trial. These people then become ‘special patients’ under the Mental Health Act and receive mental health treatment in a secure environment.
More information on the consultation to repeal and replace the Mental Health Act can be found here.
Recent Government mental health and wellbeing announcements: $4.6million wellbeing support to Rainbow young people
The Youth Mental Wellbeing Fund
The first report of the Government’s Implementation Unit that found strong progress has been made since the Mental Health and Addictions Package was announced in 2019. Kia Manawanui – the Long term pathway – the first 10-year plan of its kind that targets the cause of mental distress and sets out how to achieve pae ora – healthy futures. Pacific Suicide Prevention Support Innovation fund for more mental health initiatives。
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