(Involuntary) Psychiatric treatment of geriatric patients ... - OHSU Home
(Involuntary) Psychiatric treatment of geriatric patients ... - OHSU Home
(Involuntary) Psychiatric treatment of geriatric patients ... - OHSU Home
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The birth <strong>of</strong> SB 16<br />
State Senator Monnes Anderson contacted DRO executive Director Bob<br />
Joondeph to draft such a statute.<br />
Mr. Joondeph’s initial draft proposed modifying the statutory form <strong>of</strong> the<br />
advance directive by adding a section to show whether the health care<br />
representative had been authorized to consent to short-term hospitalization for<br />
<strong>treatment</strong> <strong>of</strong> dementia.<br />
Debate in state legislature ensued…<br />
New draft <strong>of</strong> bill- A-Engrossed proposed by state Rep Mitch Greenlick would<br />
have allowed a health care representative to consent to psychiatric<br />
hospitalization for an unlimited length <strong>of</strong> time with no review and no<br />
opportunity for the principal to object.<br />
This was opposed by MH advocacy groups and Elder Law section <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Oregon Bar Association among others.
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