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2000 SESSION

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SB 88 Psychiatric inpatient treatment of minors.

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Emergency admission. Provides that a minor may be taken into custody and admitted for inpatient treatment with the assistance of a law-enforcement officer, pursuant to the emergency procedures specified in §§ 37.1-67.01 and 37.1-67.1. Currently, a minor may be taken into custody for involuntary civil commitment pursuant to procedures for a temporary detention order. This corrects an omission made when the adult civil commitment procedures were amended in 1995.


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