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HB 811 Involuntary admission procedures; notification to family member about proceedings.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Involuntary admission procedures. Provides that, as soon as practicable after being provided with the time and location of a commitment hearing, the community services board shall make a reasonable effort to notify the personal representative of the person who is the subject of the hearing and the spouse, parent, or adult child of such person. The bill also provides that any individual, including any individual who is given notice of the commitment hearing by the community services board, may testify and present evidence at the hearing and that the judge or special justice conducting the hearing shall consider any testimony of or evidence presented by such personal representative, spouse, parent, or adult child. Finally, the bill imposes a duty on health care providers providing services to a person subject to emergency custody, temporary detention, or involuntary admission proceedings to make a reasonable attempt to notify the person's family member or personal representative and clarifies that such representative includes an agent named in an advance directive; currently, such health care provider has discretion as to whether to make such notification.


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