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A. Bill [Caps.]
For our act pertaining to the Psycopathic [[Psychopathic]] Hospital and Laboratory of the University of Colorado.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
[[underline]] Section 1 [[/underline]] - The words "The Hospital" and "Said Hospital" used in this Act shall be understood to mean and to refer to the Psycopathic [[Psychopathic]] Hospital and
Laboratory of the University of Colorado to be established under and pursuant to Chapter 169 of the Session Laws of 1919 of the General Assembly of Colorado.
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[[strikethrough]] Section [[/strikethrough]] Persons eligible to admission to said hospital as patients shall belong to one of the following classes:
[[underline]] First, [[/underline]] voluntary public patients; second, committed public patients;
third, voluntary private patients; fourth, committed private patients; fifth, part pay patients, either voluntary or committed.
[[strikethrough]] A [[/strikethrough]] voluntary patient is one who is admitted to the hospital at his own request, or at the request of the person who has lawful custody and control over him. A committed patient is one who is ordered by the court to submit to observation, care & treatment at the Hospital. A private patient is one whose entire expenses at the Hospital are paid by himself, or by his estate, or by those responsible for his support, or by some person who voluntarily assumes the expense.
A public patient is one whose expenses at the Hospital are paid by the State. A part pay patient is who shall be found by the court [[strikethrough]] or by the Board of County Commission [[/strikethrough]]
ordering his admission or [[strikethrough]] ordering his [[/strikethrough]] commitment to be able either of himself or of them [[insert]] legally [[/insert]] responsible for his support to be able to pay in part, but not in full, [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] his [[strikethrough]] other [[/strikethrough]] expenses at the Hospital as hereinafter [[strikethrough]] provided [[/strikethrough]] determined.
[[underline]] Section 4 [[/underline]] Said Hospital shall be utilized for such instruction and for such scientific research as will promote the welfare of the
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[[underline]] Section 2 [[/underline]] The conduct [[insert]] and control [[/insert]] of said Hospital shall be vested in the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado as provided in
[[strikethrough]] section [[/strikethrough]] of Chapter 169 of the Session laws of 1919 of the State of Colorado - [[.]]
Said Board of Regents is hereby authorized [[strikethrough]] & [[and]] [[/strikethrough]] and empowered to receive, accept, hold and apply any bequest or donations of funds or property from individual citizens, societies and organizations, which may be tendered in good faith for the purpose of assisting in the construction, extension, equipment and maintenance of the said hospital to the end that its benefits may accrue to the greatest possible extent to the afflicted citizens of this State.
[[underline]] Section 3 [[/underline]] Said Hospital shall be primarily and principally designed for the care of legal residents of Colorado who are afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which can probably be remedied by observation, treatment and hospital care. Said Hospital is hereby designated as a place of treatment for such persons.
Persons eligible to admission to said Hospital as patients shall belong etc (as on preceeding page)
[[underline]] Substitute - [[/underline]] Said Board of Regents shall have power and authority to accept legacies, bequests and donations for the benefit of the Psycopathic [[Psychopathic]] Hospital and to use the same in the interests of said Hospital in the manner authorized by the donor - [[.]]
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[[underline]] Substitute for Section 4 [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Section 4 [[/underline]] Whereon any reputable person shall find in any county of this State any person legally a resident of Colorado who is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which can probably be remedied by observation, treatment and hospital care in the Psycopathic [[Psychopathic]] Hospital and Laboratory of the University of Colorado he may file with the Clerk of the County Court of said County on information alleging such fact. Such
information shall be filed in triplicate upon blanks furnished by said hospital for that purpose and, in addition to other information which may be required therein, shall state whether or not said person for whom treatment is sought or his parent or guardian or the person having legal custody over him or legally responsible for his support or maintenance is probably able to pay the expense of said
observation, treatment and hospital care and shall further state whether or not said person for whom treatment is sought wishes admission to [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] said Hospital as a voluntary patient. [[red pencil - Insert [[strikethrough]] did [[/strikethrough]] In like manner etc (filing on our behalf Sec fiq 2 -]]
[[strikethrough]] Upon the filing of said information with said Clerk of the County Court, unless said person for whom treatment is sought shall state that he wishes admission to said Hospital as a voluntary patient, it shall be the duty of [[/strikethrough]]
Upon [[strikethrough]] the filing of [[/strikethrough]] said information [[insert]] being filed [[/insert]] with said clerk of the County Court, if said information shall state that the person for whom treatment is sought wishes admission to [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] said Hospital as a voluntary patient, then [[strikethrough]] said clerk of the county court [[/strikethrough]] the Judge of said County Court shall forthwith appoint a physician [[strikethrough]] of said county [[/strikethrough]]
who shall make personally an examination of said person. Said physician shall thereupon make and file with said County [[strikethrough]] clerk [[/strikethrough]] Judge a report in writing setting forth the nature and history of the case, the finding's on physical examination and such other [[strikethrough]]
data [[/strikethrough]] [[red pencil - facts]] etc. [[red pencil - proceed on pg 3]]
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[[underline]] put in #2 [[/underline]] patients committed to its care and assist in the application of science to the prevention and cure of mental disease.
[[underline]] (See Substitute Sec 5) [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Section 5 [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Whenever any reputable person legally resident any county of the state shall find in said county any person legally resident in said county who is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which can probably be
remedied by observation, treatment and hospital care in the Psycopathic [[Psychopathic]] Hospital and laboratory of the University of Colorado he may file with the [[strikethrough]] clerk of the court
[[/strikethrough]] Clerk of the County Court on information alleged such fact. [[/strikethrough]]
[[underline]] red pencil - retain [[/underline]] Such information shall be filed in [[strikethrough]]
quadruplicate [[/strikethrough]] [[insert]] triplicate [[/insert]] upon blanks furnished by said Hospital for that purpose and, in addition to other information which may be required therein shall state whether or not said person, for whose benefit the information is filed [[a, over]] is probably able to pay the expense of such observation, [[insert]] hospital [[/insert]] care and treatment [[b, over]] - [[.]] In like manner, any person [[insert]] legally resident of Colorado [[/insert]] believing himself afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which can probably be remedied by such observation,
treatment and hospital care may file with the Clerk of the County Court on information alleging such fact and filed in the manner hereinabove prescribed.
[[c, over]] [[strikethrough]] Upon the filing of said information with said [[strikethrough]] County court [[/strikethrough]] Clerk of the [[strikethrough]] Judge [[/strikethrough]] County Court it shall be the duty of the County Judge of said court to forthwith file [[insert]] a copy of said information [[/insert]]
with a commission created in the matter provided by Chapter 118 of the Session Laws of 1915 for a lunacy inquisition, which commission shall promptly examine such person and shall thereupon make and file with said County Court a written report of such examination, within such time as said court may direct. Said report shall be made in duplicate upon blanks provided for that purpose by said hospital and shall give such history of the case and other facts as may aid in determining said persons mental condition and shall state whether in the opinion of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] said
commission said person is likely to be benefitted by the hospital care sought. Said commission shall be paid for each and every examination upon which report is made hereunder in the manner and in the services prescribed by Chapter 118 of the Session Laws of 1915 in case of a lunacy inquisition.
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[[strikethrough]] [[underline]] or as alternative [[/underline]] Upon the filing of said information with said County Judge [[/strikethrough]]
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[[a]] or his parent or guardian, or the person having legal custody over him or legally responsible for his support or maintenance - [[.]]
[[b]] and shall further state whether or not said person for whom treatment is sought wishes admission to said hospital as a voluntary patient.
([[anaiye ?]] to have exam by single physician in case of person making non application, all else by commission)
[[strikethrough]] [[c]] if person for whom treatment is sought shall have filed in state that he wishes admission [[/strikethrough]]
[[c]] If said information shall fail to state that said person for whom treatment is sought wishes admission to said Hospital as a voluntary patient
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[[strikethrough]] Court [[/strikethrough]] it shall be the duty of said [[strikethrough]] … [[/strikethrough]]
judge [[strikethrough]] of said county court [[/strikethrough]] to appoint a physician [[strikethrough]] of said county [[/strikethrough]] who shall make personally an examination of the person for whom treatment is sought. Said physician shall thereupon make and file with the County Judge a report in writing setting forth the nature and history of the case, the findings on physical examination and such other facts as will be likely to aid in determining the mental condition of the person for whom treatment is sought, and shall also state whether in his opinion said person is [[insert - over]] likely to be benefitted by said observation, [[strikethrough]] hospital [[/strikethrough]] care and [[underline]] hospital
[[/underline]] treatment. The report of said physician shall be made in [[strikethrough]] triplicate [[/strikethrough]] duplicate (within such time as [[insert]] red pencil - 48 hrs (?) [[/insert]] the Court may direct) and upon blanks furnished by the said Hospital for that purpose - [[.]] The physician appointed to make such examination, unless he is already a salaried officer of the county, state or [[town?]]
subdivision thereof, shall receive not to exceed [[strikethrough]] five [[/strikethrough]] [[red pencil - 10.00]] dollars for making said examination and in any case shall receive his actual and necessary expenses, which fee and expenses shall be paid by the county of residence of [[strikethrough]] such [[/strikethrough]] said person for whom treatment is sought, and it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to provide for such payments.
If the report of said physician shall state [[insert]] that [[/insert]] said person for whom treatment is sought is not afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition or that, if so afflicted, said mental disease or disorder or abnormal condition cannot [[insert]] in his opinion [[/insert]] be [[strikethrough]] benefited [[/strikethrough]] remedial by such hospital care, then said county judge [[strikethrough]] shall [[/strikethrough]] [[insert]] may in his discretion [[/insert]] discuss said information [[insert]] or order a lunacy inquisition as the court may [[/insert]] [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] the court costs, if any, shall be paid by the county of legal residence of the person for whom treatment is sought and it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to provide for such payments.
If the report of said physician shall state that said person for whom treatment is sought is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which can probably be remedied by such hospital care and treatment and, if further the information filed as hereinbefore provided shall allege that said person for whom treatment is sought is unable financially [[insert]] either of himself or of others [[/insert]] to pay the costs of the same, then it shall be the duty of said County Judge to cause thorough investigation to be made of the
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and if said County Judge shall be satisfied that said person for whom treatment is sought is unable financially, either of himself or of others, to provide himself with [[strikethrough]] for the actual?
expenses of [[/strikethrough]] such observation, care and hospital treatment, then said County Judge shall enter an order admitting said person to said Hospital as a Voluntary Public Patient.
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financial condition of said person for whom treatment is sought or of his parent or guardian, or of the person having legal custody over him or legally responsible for his support or maintenance. Said judge may request a report upon said financial condition from the Board of County Commissioners, County Attorney or other public official or officials of said county, to be filed within such time as said Court may direct, and it shall be the duty of any public official of any county, city, town or village [[strikethrough]]
(village of the residence of said person) [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] for whom treatment is sought,) [[/strikethrough]] to supply to the County Judge on request thereof, all information within his knowledge [[strikethrough]] over [[/strikethrough]] relative to the [[insert]] said [[/insert]] financial situation of said person. [[strikethrough]] or of those legally responsible for this [[/strikethrough]] Except in counties where the Board of County Commissioners, County Attorney or other public official making such investigation as hereinbefore provided, receives a fixed salary, the public official making such investigation shall receive for his services therein the sum of not to exceed three dollars ($3.00) per day for the time actually spent, together with actual and necessary expenses paid out in making such investigation, which fee and expenses shall be paid by the county of residence of such person for whom treatment is sought, and it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to provide for such payment - [[.]]
[[strikethrough]] If after receiving said report of said physician and after receiving said report of the financial condition of said person for whom treatment is sought, it shall appear to said County Judge that said [[/strikethrough]]
If the physician's report [[insert]] as [[/insert]] hereinbefore provided shall state that said person on whose behalf information has been filed is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which care probably be benefitted by observation, treatment and hospital care, [[strikethrough]] said County Judge shall, upon the filing of said report of the financial condition of said person for whom treatment is sought [[strikethrough]] cause [[/strikethrough]] [[see insert - over]] said person to appear before him. If it shall appear from said financial report that said person is unable to pay the [[insert]] entire [[/insert]] expense of such observation, care and hospital treatment, then said person shall elect whether or not he wishes to undergo observation, care and hospital treatment at said Hospital without commitment - [[.]] If he shall so elect then said judge shall enter an order admitting said person to said Hospital as a [[underline]] voluntary public patient. [[/underline]] [[/strikethrough]]
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[[red pencil - retain]] or if his parent or guardian, or of those having legal custody over him or legally responsible for his support.
[[red pencil]] and if the said County Judge shall be satisfied that said person for whom treatment Insert for 4 (#2)
and if said County Judge shall be satisfied that said person for whom treatment is sought is unable financially, either of himself or of others, to provide himself with [[strikethrough]] pay the [[actual?]] expenses of [[/strikethrough]] such observation, care and hospital treatment, then said County Judge shall enter an order admitting said person to said Hospital as a Voluntary Public Patient.
If the Court shall find etc (part pay)
Change to shall order that person be [[strikethrough]] adm [[admitted]] [[/strikethrough]] (admitted committed) unless in 5 days shall notify judge in writing that he wishes to be admitted to hospital as a volunt [[voluntary]] patient
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responsible for his support are able to pay in part, but not in full, the expenses of such observation, care and hospital treatment [[strikethrough]] at the rate to be charged as determined in Section __ of this act, [[/strikethrough]] the Court [[strikethrough]] may [[/strikethrough]] shall enter an order admitting said person to said Hospital [[insert]] as a [[underline]] part pay patient [[/underline]] [[/insert]] on such terms of division of hospital charges as the Court may decree equitable and just and shall certify such finding upon the order admitting said person - [[.]]
[[strikethrough]] [[underline]] Section 6 [[/underline]] - If after such investigation as provided in section thereof and upon the appearance of said person for whom treatment is sought before the Court as [[insert]] further [[/insert]] provided in section 5, said person shall elect to go to the Hospital as a committed patient or shall refuse to undergo treatment therein [[insert - over]] then said judge shall fix a date for a hearing upon the complaint and shall cause the person or those legally responsible for him to be served with a notice of the hearings and he shall also notify the County [[strikethrough]] Attorney [[/strikethrough]] Commissioners who shall appear and conduct the proceeding, and upon such
complaint evidence may be introduced - [[.]] Upon such hearing the person against whom information has been filed shall be entitled to a trial by jury, of, upon such hearing. The judge or jury finds that said person is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which can probably be remedied by observation, treatment and hospital care and that he or those legally responsible for his support are unable to pay the expenses thereof, said judge shall enter an order committing said person to said Hospital as a [[underline]] committed public patient. [[/underline]] If said judge or jury should find that said person or those legally responsible for his support are able to pay in part, but not in full, the expenses of such observation, care and hospital treatment at the rates to be charged as determined in Section __ of this Act, the court may commit such person [[insert]] as a [[underline]] part pay
committed patient [[/underline]] [[/insert]] on such terms of division of hospital charges as the Court may deem equitable and just and shall certify such finding upon the order committing said person.
[[/strikethrough]]
[[vertical text]] ? of legality of requiring payment of a committed person - [[/vertical text]]
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and it shall appear from the physician's report that said person is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which care probably be remedied by observation, care and hospital treatment at said Hospital,
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[[underline]] Section 7. [[/underline]]
[[insert]] See over [[/insert]] [[strikethrough]] If the information filed as provided in Section 5 shall state that the person whose treatment is sought [[insert]] is able [[/insert]] of himself or of those legally responsible for his support to pay the expenses of such observation, care and hospital treatment, it shall be the duty of said county judge to appoint a physician who shall examine and report upon the mental and physical condition of said person for whom treatment is sought as provided in Section 5 thereof., Said examination and repor [[report]] and the cost of said examination and report shall be [[borne?]] of said If said report shall state that said person is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder of [[insert]]
abnormal mental condition [[/insert]] mental abnormality which care probably be remedied by observation, care and hospital treatment then said judge shall cause said person to appear before him and said person shall elect whether or not he wishes to undergo observation, care and hospital treatment at said Hospital without commitment. If he shall so elect then said judge shall dismiss said information and shall direct said person to communicate with said Hospital regarding his admission as provided in Section 8 hereof - [[.]] If said person shall elect to go to the Hospital as a committed patient or shall refuse to undergo treatment therein, then said judge shall fix a date for a hearing as provided in Section 6 hereof and if, upon such hearing, said judge or jury shall find said person for whom treatment is sought to be afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which care probably be remedied by observation, treatment and hospital care [[insert]] at said Hospital [[/insert]]
and that he or those legally responsible for his support are able to pay the expenses thereof, said judge shall enter an order committing said person to said Hospital as a [[underline]] committed private patient. [[/underline]] [[/strikethrough]]
[[underline]] Section 8. Voluntary private patients [[/underline]] may be admitted in
[[ascendance?]] with regulations to be established by the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado and their care, nursing, observation, treatment, medicine, maintenance and other expenses shall be without expense to the State - [[.]] However, the charge for such care, nursing, observation, treatment, medicine, maintenance and other expenses shall not exceed
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[[underline]] Section 7 [[/underline]] - When [[strikethrough]] If [[/strikethrough]] upon the filing of the report of said physician as provided in Section 5 hereof said report shall state that the person for whom treatment is sought is afflicted with a mental disease or disorder or abnormal mental condition which care probably be remedied [[strikethrough]] benefitted [[/strikethrough]] by such observation, care and hospital treatment, and if further the information filed as provided in Section 5 hereof shall state that [[strikethrough]] if [[/strikethrough]] said person or those legally responsible for his support are able to pay the expenses of such observation, care and hospital treatment, or if it shall appear from the report of the financial condition of said person for whom treatment is sought filed as provided in Section 5 hereof [[strikethrough]] if those [[/strikethrough]] that said person or those legally responsible for him is able to pay said expenses
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the cost of the same as determined by said Board of Regents an advance deposit for expenses of voluntary private patients shall be at all times required.
[[underline]] Sec 9 [[/underline]] Provide for notifying hospital & [[and]] and notifying patient when admitted - [[.]] [[insert]] Provide discretion for hospital Supt [[Superintendent]] - [[/insert]]
[[underline]] Sec 10 [[/underline]] Provide for transportation & [[and]] and attendant for indigent -
[[underline]] Sec 11 [[/underline]] Provide for collection from pri [[private]] patients & [[and]]
receive state right to collect
[[underline]] Sec 12 [[/underline]] Provide for appropriation etc -
[[underline]] Sec 9 [[/underline]] If [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] said judge shall enter an order admitting any person as a voluntary public patient or committing any person as a committed public patient or as a committed private patient to said Hospital, said judge shall therefore communicate with the Superintendent of said Hospital notifying him of said admission on commission and ascertaining when such patient may be received and shall thereupon order [[strikethrough]] provide for
[[/strikethrough]] the transportation of said person to said Hospital in acendance with Supt to have discretion in
1 - [[underline]] Emergency admissions [[/underline]]
2 - [[underline]] Patients [[/underline]] not emergency but applying for admission 3 - Refuse any patient
Provide exams by lunacy comm [[commitment]] - fees etc to be paid in same way
Provide fro statement on original information shether or not applicant wishes to go voluntarily, if so shall [[strikethrough]] may [[/strikethrough]] have single physician; if not so state then go to commission -
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[[Susteh?]] to County Judge at point of calling a commission
Committee recommends that provision [[strikethrough]] be [[/strikethrough]] for [[haniportory?]] patients to to hospital and attendant fee be omitted but that Hospital pay for transportation to home or State hospital - [[.]]
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