Vermont § 7402 - Records and reports The Commissioner shall keep records of all commitments and admissions to a hospital and shall secure compliance with the laws relating thereto

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§ 7402. Records and reports The Commissioner shall keep records of all commitments and admissions to a hospital and shall secure compliance with the laws relating thereto

  • . The Commissioner shall
    report biennially to the Governor and the General Assembly on the condition of hospitals,
    on the physical and medical treatment of patients in hospitals, on the need for community
    services to former patients and persons with a mental condition or psychiatric disability
    not hospitalized, and on any other matters the Commissioner deems advisable. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 39; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 104; 2023, No. 6, § 200, eff. July 1, 2023.)

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