Community Grievance Decision Digest
DISCHARGE OF VOLUNTARY PATIENTS
THE LAW:
"(1) When a voluntary
inpatient requests a discharge, the facility director or designee
shall either release the patient or
file a statement of emergency detention with the court as provided
under ss. 51.10(5), 51.13(7)(b) and 51.15(10), Stats., and this section.
(2) If a voluntary
inpatient requests a discharge and he or she has no
other living quarters or is in
need of other services to make the transition to the community, the
following actions shall be taken by the facility director or designee
prior to discharge:
(a) Counsel the patient and, when possible, assist the patient in locating
living quarters;
(b) Inform the applicable program director, if any, of the patient's
need for residential and other necessary transitional services; and
(c) If no living
arrangements have been made by the time of discharge, refer
the patient to an appropriate service agency for emergency living arrangements."
HFS 94.23, Wis. Admin. Code [Emphasis
added.]
DECISIONS
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A father claimed that his son’s
discharge from treatment at a medical center was
in retaliation for his filing a complaint about his own mother’s
care there. It was
determined that other factors led to the son’s discharge and that the father had
been told that it was going to occur soon.
This occurred several months prior to the complainant filing a
grievance about his mother’s care.
No retaliation for filing a complaint was found.
(Level III decision in Case No. 02-SGE-06 on 1/27/03.)
Last Updated: November 07, 2006 |
