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S.F. No. 1024 - Allowing The Court to Commit a Patient to Community-Based Services Provided at a Community Behavioral Hospital
Author: Senator Don Betzold
Prepared by: Joan White, Senate Counsel (651/296-3814)
Date: February 5, 2010

Section 1 defines the term "medical care" in the civil commitment chapter of law.

Section 2 allows the court to commit a patient who is mentally ill to a community-based program, which may include mental health services provided at a community behavioral health hospital operated by the Commissioner of Human Services.

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