ENTITLED An Act to clarify emergency commitments of severely mentally ill persons by appropriate regional facilities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That § 27A-10-19 be AMENDED:
27A-10-19. If any person presents to a facility licensed by the state as a hospital or designated as an appropriate regional facility, other than the Human Services Center, and after an examination by a qualified mental health professional it is determined that the person is severely mentally ill and in such condition that immediate intervention is necessary to protect the person from physical harm to self or others, the qualified mental health professional may initiate a twenty-four-hour hold on the person and retain the person at the hospital or appropriate regional facility for purposes of observation and emergency treatment. The hospital, the appropriate regional facility, or the qualified mental health professional shall notify the chair of the county board of mental illness of the twenty-four-hour hold. The qualified mental health professional shall petition for commitment of the person according to §§ 27A-10-1 and 27A-10-4. The person shall be afforded rights according to § 27A-10-5. If a petition for emergency commitment pursuant to § 27A-10-1 is not filed within twenty-four hours, the person must be released.
An Act to clarify emergency commitments of severely mentally ill persons by appropriate regional facilities.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the:
Secretary of the Senate
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________,
2023 at ____________M.
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2023
ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2023 at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
Asst. Secretary of State
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