§23. Psychiatric inpatient units in state general hospitals

            The department may establish psychiatric inpatient units in state-owned or state-contracted general hospitals for the emergency and temporary care of cases of acute mental illness.

            Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1999, No. 466, §1, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.