Change provisions of the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act relating to grounds for civil commitment and inpatient treatment and allow for interested parties to file petitions

Summary

LB 1040 rewrites parts of the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act to broaden who may start a civil‑commitment case and to tighten the definition of a “mentally ill and dangerous” person. It adds spouses, parents, adult children, siblings, close adult friends, guardians, conservators and others acting in the person’s best interests as eligible petitioners. The measure failed and was indefinitely postponed.

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