In my jurisdiction a non md cannot admit you to a facility - they can call 911 and report you to get the police to pick you up or swear out an affidavit to get you picked up and held. There is a certain amount of time where the facility can involuntarily hold a person and they must file paperwork with the court as soon as an involuntary hold is there. The facility mds do not usually bother getting records from a therapist nor do they bother talking to the therapist unless there is already some prior communications between them (usually there is not). I always ask an md if they have gotten outside records about my client and 99% of the time, they have not - even where the client has requested they do so. I have called therapists to testify on behalf of my client in some instances.