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HB 543 Involuntary psychiatric treatment of an inmate; petition filed by sheriff.

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

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Involuntary psychiatric admission from local correctional facility. Clarifies that for the purposes of petitioning for the involuntary psychiatric treatment of an inmate in a local correctional facility, the petition shall be filed by the sheriff or other person in charge of the local correctional facility where the inmate is incarcerated. This bill is identical to SB 566.


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