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2017 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 50. INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE; PROCEDURE
§ 5020. Expenses of examination and removal of indigent patients.
Universal Citation: 16 DE Code § 5020 (2017)
The expenses of the examination of an indigent person alleged to be suffering from a mental condition and the transportation of such person, by a peace officer or credentialed mental health screener or juvenile mental health screener to a designated psychiatric treatment facility or hospital able to provide further evaluation or care and treatment, shall be paid by the State Treasurer.
79 Del. Laws, c. 442, ยง 1.;
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