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2. Lanterman–Petris–Short Act - Wikipedia

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   It would allow for the creation of a conservatorship for a person who is unable to care for his or her own health and well-being due to serious mental illness and substance use disorder. SB 1045 provides the least restrictive and most clinically appropriate alternative needed for the protection of persons incapable of caring for their own health.

3. Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1965

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   Private citizens with particular skillsets and concerns about mental health practices served on this committee as well. The committee members divided themselves into task forces and drafted the Texas Plan for Mental Health Services over the course of 1964. [4] On December 1, 1964, the 250-page Texas Plan for Mental Health Services was completed.

4. Conservatorship - Wikipedia

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   Under U.S. law, a conservatorship results from the appointment of a guardian or a protector by a judge to manage the personal or financial affairs of another person who is incapable of fully managing their own affairs due to age or physical or mental limitations. A person under conservatorship is a "conservatee", a term that can refer to an adult.

5. What is a conservatorship? What to know after Jay Leno ... - AOL

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   A conservatorship is a legal arrangement in which one or multiple guardians are appointed to make important decisions — often financial or health-related — for someone who is considered unable ...

6. Involuntary commitment by country - Wikipedia

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   United Nations General Assembly (resolution 46/119 of 1991), "Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care" is a non-binding resolution advocating certain broadly-drawn procedures for the carrying out of involuntary commitment.

7. Britney Spears conservatorship case - Wikipedia

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   While Spears was held on an involuntary psychiatric hold in early 2008 for alleged mental health concerns, there was initially a temporary conservatorship intended to last only days. It was extended to months and eventually made permanent, against the objections of Spears.