Nor can I.
I can't think of a more costly and ineffective program. You can't make them take their medication unless you force them into institutions where you force them to take their meds - which they promptly quit once released anyway.
I am acquainted with situations where siblings and in-laws of friends and co-workers are in dire need of such medication - but they refuse(d) to take them - instead running naked in the street (literally), eventually landing in jail, committing suicide etc.
Anyone heard of former Dallas Cowboy Demetrius Underwood? Even with the motivation of playing in the NFL he wouldn't take his medication. So now he spends his time tangling with the police, awaiting trial etc.
This is the perfect bureaucratic boondoggle - never mind whether govt should be involved in this at all - it won't work, but the supporters will be able to demand more and more funds for these poor unfortunates who if we only employed more govt workers would no doubt be returned to their families as functioning members of society.
I really thought this was something from The Onion.
I bet this never happens in Saudi Arabia or China, or even Japan. It's all about setting limits in society, and has very little to do with "mental illness".
Mental Illness= Spoiled brats getting away with whatever they can. (Think: Bill Clinton)
As an aside: I think any article posted in a medical (Liberal Socialist) Journal is suspect. Let's wait to hear what the sponsors of this bill actually make a copy of it for us to read before we make a judgment.