SF0054 - Involuntary commitment procedures-authorized recordings.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0103

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0054

 

 

Involuntary commitment procedures-authorized recordings.

 

Sponsored by:  Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to involuntary commitment proceedings;
 2  requiring commitment hearings to be recorded by specified
 3  means; and providing for an effective date.

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 5  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 7         Section 1.  W.S. 25-10-110(h) is amended to read:

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 9         25-10-110.  Involuntary hospitalization proceedings.

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11         (h)  The proposed patient, the applicant, and all
12  others to whom notice is required may appear at the hearing
13  to testify and may present witnesses. The court may receive
14  the testimony of other persons. The proposed patient shall
15  be present at the hearing unless he waives his right to
16  appear. All persons not necessary to protect the rights of
17  the parties shall be excluded from the hearing. The hearing

 

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 1  shall be conducted in as informal a manner as is consistent
 2  with orderly procedure and in a physical setting which will
 3  not have a harmful effect on the mental health of the
 4  proposed patient. Any hearing conducted under this
 5  subsection shall be recorded by the court reporter or by
 6  electronic, mechanical or other appropriate means.

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 8         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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10                         (END)

 

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