In re Craig H.

Summary

The court held that a valid health care power of attorney does not prevent the State from seeking, or a court from ordering, involuntary administration of psychotropic medication under the Mental Health Code. The relevant statutes can be harmonized by treating the Mental Health Code as a narrow exception to the agent's general authority, and the appeal was reviewable under the capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review exception to mootness. The court therefore affirmed the appellate court's judgment affirming the involuntary-treatment order.