One of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top priorities is making it easier to hospitalize people with serious mental illness involuntarily and hold them there until they stabilize.

The proposal would change the standard for what clinicians should consider when deciding the likelihood that a person with a mental illness would “result in serious harm.”

Under the changes, those who are incapable of providing their own essential needs like food, clothing and medical care to a point that it cases a risk of physical harm could now be considered for involuntary commitment.

Some proposals also include making it easier to recommit a patient whose initial court order for treatment has expired.

Jody Rudin, the CEO and president of the Institute for Community Living; Julie LeClair Neches, a longtime advocate and a board member at the National Alliance on Mental Illness; and Dr. Ann Marie Sullivan, the commissioner of the State’s Office of Mental Health, joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Tuesday to discuss more.

Tap the video player above to watch the interview.