Notwithstanding any special or General law to the contrary:

If a petition for civil commitment of a patient defined by Massachusetts General Law Ch. 123, Section 35 is made while the individual is in a hospital setting, the individual and their independent counsel may participate in the subsequent court hearing remotely; a court ordered evaluation pursuant to this section may be performed remotely; and no discharge of a patient who has suffered an overdose or who required the administration of an opioid antagonist shall be discharged from a medical facility until an evaluation by a licensed social worker has taken place and a meeting with a recovery coach and navigator has taken place; the discharge of a patient from a public health facility licensed under said section shall not be granted unless approved by the judge who issued the order for civil commitment;