Event Date: Apr 24, 2024
Location: Sacramento, CA
Analyzed SB1184 and legislative archives re: codification (in LPS) of the landmark holding in Riese v. St Mary’s Medical Center (psychiatric patients are presumed competent and have the right to refuse antipsychotic meds in non-emergency situations, absent a judicial determination of incapacity to make treatment decisions); submitted opposition letter to Senate Health Committee re SB1184’s proposed legislative changes to statutory language in LPS in violation of Riese.