The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission can share identifying information with the Health Complaints Commissioner and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Victim privacy orders no longer stop this information sharing.

Staff must give information to young people under 16 being taken into care. This is in addition to the information given to the young person's parents and carers.

Psychiatrists must consider a person's views and preferences before using electroconvulsive treatment (ECT).

Psychiatrists must also consider available alternative treatments and desired recovery outcomes before using ECT.

Decision makers must consider all of a person's past trauma when deciding if a restrictive intervention is necessary.

Decision makers must consider all past trauma when choosing facilities and supplies for people under restrictive interventions.

Psychiatrists no longer need to notify the primary non-legal mental health advocacy service when granting leave to security patients.