What is the current state of the law on civil commitment of the mentally ill?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rawson v. Recovery Innovations, Inc., 975 F.3d 742 (9th Cir. 2020):
9 See also Beltran-Serrano v. City of Tacoma , 193 Wash.2d 537, 442 P.3d 608, 614 n.9 (2019) (referring to the "detention of a person suffering from mental illness" as a "law enforcement related activit[y]"); Developments in the Law, Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill , 87 Harv. L. Rev. 1190, 120712, 122223 (1974) (describing the origins of the parens patriae and police powers relating to the mentally ill).
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