CUOMO ADVOCATES PSYCHIATRIC CARE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press

ALBANY A measure that would make it easier to give people emergency psychiatric care against their will was proposed Wednesday by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo.

The bill was one of two introduced by the governor designed to expand the availability of emergency psychiatric care in New York.

The measure would authorize the state Commissioner of Mental Health to establish more mobile crisis outreach teams to bring in people for …