Mental Health Act Article 27

Local competent authorities shall establish a patient solicitude mechanism for patients who are reported or notified to the authorities by the medical institutions under their jurisdiction and provide assertive community solicitude, visits, and other services.If patients referred to in the preceding Paragraph are missing, their families or protectors shall be notified. If necessary, local competent authorities may request assistance from relevant agencies in search of the missing patients.The scope of patients covered, the methods of service provision, the criteria for solicitude and visits, search assistance, and other related matters specified in the preceding two Paragraphs shall be determined by the central competent authority.