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HB 2258 Involuntary temporary detention.

Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Involuntary temporary detention. Requires that each petition for involuntary temporary detention be accompanied by a clinical certificate executed by an independent psychiatrist or physician who personally examined within the previous 72 hours the person who is the subject of such petition, in addition to the current statutory requirement of a prescreening report recommending involuntary detention prepared by an employee or designee of a local community services board who performed an in-person evaluation of the person within the previous 72 hours. A clinical certificate shall be signed by the examining psychiatrist or physician, shall be dated the day of the personal examination, shall contain the results of the medical examination including any significant or life-threatening medical conditions that require immediate treatment, and shall contain the facts and circumstances upon which the psychiatrist or physician bases his judgment that the person examined is mentally ill and in need of involuntary detention. An employee or designee of the local community services board shall determine the facility of temporary detention for all individuals detained in accordance with the admission criteria of that facility or obtain the oral or written approval by the director of the facility prior to designating such facility on the prescreening report. Each community services board shall provide to each general district court and magistrate's office within its jurisdiction a list of psychiatrists or physicians available on a 24-hour basis in state hospitals or private hospital emergency facilities who are available to perform the requisite evaluations.


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