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  2. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

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    Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization / hospitalisation[ a ] is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified person to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) where they can be treated involuntarily.

  3. Lanterman–Petris–Short Act - Wikipedia

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    The Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act (Chapter 1667 of the 1967 California Statutes, codified as Cal. Welf & Inst. Code, sec. 5000 et seq.) regulates involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the state of California. The act set the precedent for modern mental health commitment procedures in the United States.

  4. Article Four of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United States federal government. It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories and other federal lands. The Full Faith and Credit Clause requires states ...

  5. United States Refugee Admissions Program - Wikipedia

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    The United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is an association of federal agencies and nonprofit organizations which work hand in hand to identify and admit qualified refugees for resettlement into the United States. [ 1 ] Under Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, individuals wishing to resettle in the United ...

  6. Admission note - Wikipedia

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    Admission notes document the reasons why a patient is being admitted for inpatient care to a hospital or other facility, the patient's baseline status, and the initial instructions for that patient's care. Health care professionals use them to record a patient's baseline status and may write additional on-service notes, progress notes (SOAP ...

  7. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act - Wikipedia

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    United States, No. 23-726, 603 U.S. ___ (2024) The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) [1] is an act of the United States Congress, passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). It requires hospital emergency departments that accept payments from Medicare to provide an appropriate ...

  8. Mental Health Act 1983 - Wikipedia

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    Section 4 is an emergency order that lasts up to 72 hours. [16] It is implemented by just one doctor and an AMHP, in an emergency in which there is not time to summon a second suitable doctor in order to implement a Section 2 assessment order or Section 3 treatment order.

  9. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    Admission to the Union is provided by the Admissions Clause of the United States Constitution in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which authorizes the United States Congress to admit new states into the Union beyond the thirteen states that already existed when the Constitution came into effect. The Constitution went into effect on June 21 ...