Proposed H.B. No. 6607
Session Year 2025

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY WHO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED UNDER AN EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE.

To enhance the rights of patients with a psychiatric disability who have been committed under an emergency certificate.

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