Annual Report 2013 enterprises and the nation to protect the human rights of children and youth. F. Opinion on the Whole Revision Draft of the Mental Health Act On May 23, 2013, the Ministry of Health and Welfare made a pre-announcement of legislation for the whole revision draft of the Mental Health Act. The NHRCK reviewed the draft, and expressed its opinion on July 2, 2013. The Commission expressed its opinion on the hospitalization procedure of the draft, mentioning that the following two points should be included in the draft. First, those patients who are hospitalized at the request of the heads of local governments are hospitalized for less than two weeks, and they are reviewed to see if they continuously need hospitalization every three months. The Commission asserted that the same hospitalization period and review of the need of continuous hospitalization should apply to those patients who are hospitalized at the request of their guardians. Second, it is needed to ensure a due process for the restriction of the freedom of the person. As such, when extension application of hospitalization is applied more than three times, the regional mental health review committee should replace the local mental health review committee in screening the application. The Commission expressed an additional opinion with the following points. First, in case those patients who were hospitalized at the request of the heads of local governments do not have their guardians, the heads of local governments should support their rehabilitation and 68 ▪▪▪ Part II. Major Activities of the Commission