Electronic Communications in Mental Health Laws

Article archive / May 1, 2014

Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 9. Source pages: 5.

Two bills both updating procedures for emergency custody orders, SB 185 and HB 330, are advancing easily. Mental Health law will be change to allow coroner or judges to include the use of email or fax for delivering an order for custody. The proposed law provides that the order for custody shall be delivered to the appropriate law enforcement agency by hand, facsimile, or other electronic means, including but not limited to e-mail.


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