Washington Statutes
§ 72.23.280 — Nonresidents—Hospitalization.
Washington § 72.23.280
JurisdictionWashington
Title 72STATE INSTITUTIONS
Ch. 72.23PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY ILL
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Wash. Rev. Code § 72.23.280 (2026).
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Nonresidents of this state conveyed or coming herein while mentally ill shall not be hospitalized in a state hospital, but this prohibition shall not prevent the hospitalization and temporary care in said hospitals of such persons stricken with mental illness while traveling or temporarily sojourning in this state, or sailors attacked with mental illness upon the high seas and first arriving thereafter in some port within this state.
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Legislative History
[1959 c 28 s 72.23.280. Prior:1951 c 139 s 67. Formerly RCW71.02.470.]
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