If the mental health board finds the subject to be mentally ill and dangerous and commits the subject to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services to receive inpatient treatment, the department shall secure placement of the subject in an appropriate inpatient treatment facility to receive such treatment. The board shall issue a warrant authorizing the administrator of such treatment facility to receive and keep the subject as a patient. The warrant shall state the findings of the board and the legal settlement of the subject, if known, or any available information relating thereto. Such warrant shall shield every official and employee of the treatment facility against all liability to prosecution of any kind on account of the reception and detention of the subject if the detention is otherwise in accordance with the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act, rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the act, and policies of the treatment facility.

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-927

  • Administrator: means the administrator or other chief administrative officer of a treatment facility or his or her designee. See Nebraska Statutes 71-904
  • Mental health board: means a board created under section 71-915. See Nebraska Statutes 71-905
  • Mentally ill: means having a psychiatric disorder that involves a severe or substantial impairment of a person's thought processes, sensory input, mood balance, memory, or ability to reason which substantially interferes with such person's ability to meet the ordinary demands of living or interferes with the safety or well-being of others. See Nebraska Statutes 71-907
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Subject: means any person concerning whom a certificate or petition has been filed under the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-912
  • Treatment facility: means a facility which is licensed to provide services for persons who are mentally ill or substance dependent or both. See Nebraska Statutes 71-914
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