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Senate approves bill clarifying involuntary holds for behavioral impairment from medical conditions
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The Senate approved legislation clarifying that a person exhibiting a behavioral health impairment from a medical condition — such as dementia or encephalitis — may be subject to a short involuntary medical hold and must be reassessed at regular intervals.
The Senate approved legislation clarifying that a person exhibiting a behavioral health impairment caused by a medical condition — for example dementia or encephalitis — may be placed on an involuntary medical hold and reassessed to determine whether continued confinement is warranted.
Senator Sandra Davis, who presented the House bill on the Senate floor, said current law was silent about behavioral impairments caused by medical conditions and that clinicians, courts and judges worked together on agreed language. “If you're in the hospital and it's clear you're leaving, trying to freely leave…
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