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1997 SESSION
HB 2602 Mental health; involuntary commitment.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Mental health; involuntary commitment. Eliminates the requirement for a prescreening report by the patient's community services board if that patient has been confined to a state hospital for treatment of mental illness for five or more years.
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HISTORY
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 977020442
- 01/20/97 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/97 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
- 01/28/97 House: Stricken from docket by H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)