Bill 87 — Mental Health Due Process & Accountability Act | Cascadia
Higher legal threshold for police mental-health apprehension, objective evidence, less restrictive alternatives, independent review, rights advice, and accountability for misuse of BC's Mental Health Act.
Key provisions
- Higher apprehension threshold: warrantless police apprehension only for serious and imminent risk of bodily harm supported by specific, contemporaneous facts
- Prohibited grounds: diagnosis, past hospitalization, lawful expression, refusal of voluntary assessment, or uncorroborated third-party allegations cannot alone justify apprehension
- Mandatory de-escalation and clinical consultation before apprehension unless delay creates immediate danger
- Four-hour examination rule: release unless a valid medical certificate is completed within four hours of arrival
- Automatic independent rights advice, access to counsel, and independent review of every warrantless apprehension within seven days
- Accountability: record preservation with adverse-inference presumption, anti-retaliation protections, compliance audits, annual public reporting, and five-year legislative review
How to vote
Visit cascadia.vote/bills/87 to read the full bill and cast your vote. Options typically include: Yes — build the plan, No — keep current systems, Revise — needs stronger safeguards, or Pilot first — prove it small.
This is a draft civic proposal for public discussion. It is not enacted legislation.
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