Overview
- Government sources say the Executive plans to submit the proposal in the ordinary congressional session that begins March 1.
- Key provisions under discussion would let judges authorize involuntary hospitalization in defined exceptional cases and order urgent measures before interdisciplinary evaluations.
- The draft contemplates authorizing specialized neuropsychiatric centers, adjusting discharge and rehabilitation rules, and granting public defenders new capacities to request therapeutic measures.
- Officials justify the move by citing emblematic episodes and testimony, including the killing of Federal Police officer Juan Pablo Roldán and statements from Marina Charpentier.
- Advocacy organizations criticize the initiative as a rollback of deinstitutionalization, and officials indicate the text remains in drafting and could be announced by President Javier Milei at the March opening of sessions.