Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health.
We are repealing and replacing the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 in response to He Ara Oranga. The aim of this work is to create new legislation that protects and respects human rights, better reflects Te Tiriti o Waitangi and improves equity.
These documents outline Cabinet decisions and further Ministerial decisions related to the policy proposals for new mental health legislation. The suite of policy proposals is intended to shift legislation governing compulsory mental health care towards a more rights-based and recovery approach, and to enable care in line with a te ao Māori world view.
