Year: 2005
Resolution Number: 55
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): John A. Rupke, MD
Sponsor: John A. Rupke, MD
On behalf of: Organized Medical Staff Section
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the state government to require court hearing andadjudication within three working days for mental health determination.RATIONALE: It was the sense of the Committee that the second resolved was redundant, and that the first resolution fully encompassed the author’s intent to expedite management and treatment of the mentally ill prior to a court hearing.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the state government to require court hearing andadjudication within three working days for mental health determination.RATIONALE: It was the sense of the Committee that the second resolved was redundant, and that the first resolution fully encompassed the author’s intent to expedite management and treatment of the mentally ill prior to a court hearing.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Patient Right to Treatment