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79 Stat. 766; An e, p. 1087. Discharge.

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PUBLIC LAW 91-490-OCT. 22, 1970

[84 STAT.

his legal guardian makes written application for admission to Forest Haven; and " (3) any contract required by subsection (d) has been executed. ^^ (h) Any persou admitted to Forest Haven pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be released therefrom no later than five days after receipt by the Superintendent of Forest Haven of a written request for release, except that if within such five-day period a petition conccming such person, as provided by section 21-1103, is filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, such person shall be detained until a final judgment is entered by the court upon such petition. «((.^ 'pjjg Dircctor may discharge any patient of Forest Haven admitted under this section if the Director is satisfied that such discharge will not adversely affect the welfare or interests of the person, the community, or others. u^^j) (^) j f ^^ Director finds that any person with respect to whom an application for admission to Forest Haven has been made, as provided m this section, or any parent, spouse, adult child, or legal guardian of such person, is able to pay all or any part of the cost of maintenance and care of such person, the Director shall not admit such person unless a contract for payment, satisfactory to the Director, is executed by such person, parent, spouse, adult child, or legal guardian. "(2) The Director is authorized to enter into any agreement he deems necessary with any applicant to become a patient^ in Forest Haven, or with his parent, spouse, adult child, or legal guardian, for payment to the District of Columbia of all or part of the cost of such maintenance and care. Upon default of payment provided by any contract entered into under this section, the Director is authorized to discharge the patient of Forest Haven with respect to whose cost of maintenance and care the contract was entered into, and, in addition, he may utilize the procedures provided for in sections 21-1110 and 21-1111 to secure payment. "(e) The District of Columbia Council is authorized to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this section. " (f) The authority contained in this section shall extend to January 1, 1975, unless repealed prior to that date." (B) The table of sections for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 21-1108 the following: "21-1108A. Voluntary admission to Forest Haven."

42 Stat. 1360. Ante, p. 1087.

7 9 Stat. 76 9.

(4) Section 21-1101 is amended to read as follows: "§21-1101. Definitions " For purposes of this chapter— " Torest Haven' means the institution established pursuant to section 32-601, and designated 'Forest Haven' by section 32-602, or any successor to that institution; and " 'substantially retarded person' means any person afflicted with mental defectiveness from birth or from an early age, so pronounced that he is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, and who requires supervision, control, and care for his own welfare, for the welfare of others, or for the welfare of the community, and who is not insane nor of unsound mind to such an extent as to require his commitment to a hospital for the mentally ill." (5) The first sentence of section 21-1110 is amended by inserting immediately after "as a public patient" the following: "or when a person is admitted to Forest Haven as a patient under section 21-1108A".

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