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K.S.A. § 59-2901 (2026)

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59-2901.

History: L. 1965, ch. 348, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 243, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 211, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 92, § 16; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 167, § 65; April 18.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Cited; legal obligation of county to provide counsel for indigent defendants charged with misdemeanors, hourly rate allowed examined. Board of Osage County Comm'rs v. Burns, 242 Kan. 544, 546, 747 P.2d 1338 (1988).

2. Court follows long-standing policy that insane person may be civilly liable for tortious action. Williams v. Kearbey, 13 Kan. App. 2d 564, 775 P.2d 670 (1989).

3. No constitutional requirement that proposed patient be in imminent or present danger or has recently committed overt serious act. In re Treatment of Albright, 17 Kan. App. 2d 135, 836 P.2d 1 (1992).

4. Secretary of SRS cannot legally comply with order pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3303(1) and 59-2945 et seq. if incompetency is due to traumatic brain injury. State v. Johnson, 289 Kan. 870, 218 P.3d 46 (2009).


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases, 1980–2014 · leading case: In re the Care & Treatment of Hendricks, 912 P.2d 129 (Kan. 1996).
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In re the Care & Treatment of Hendricks, 912 P.2d 129 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 12× “59-29a01: “The legislature finds that a small but extremely dangerous group of sexually violent predators exist who do not have a mental disease or defect that renders them appropriate for involuntary treatment pursuant to the treatment act for mentally ill persons defined in…”
Bd. of Leavenworth Cnty. Comm'rs v. Whitson, 132 P.3d 920 (Kan. 2006). · cites it 4× “Because the existing civil commitment procedures under K.S.A. 59-2901 et seq. and amendments thereto are inadequate to address the special needs of sexually violent predators and the risks they present to society, the legislature determines that a separate involuntary civil…”
In Re Jones, 612 P.2d 1211 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 4× “Violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as any person involuntarily committed civilly to a mental hospital pursuant to the act for obtaining treatment for a mentally ill person (K.”
Durflinger v. Artiles, 673 P.2d 86 (Kan. 1983). “” Among such duties were authority to discharge a mental patient no longer in need of care or treatment (K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 59-2924); discretionary authority to grant convalescent leave to a patient (K.”
Merryfield v. State, 241 P.3d 573 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “a separate involuntary civil commitment process for the potentially long-term control, care and treatment of sexually violent predators is necessary.”
State v. Johnson, 218 P.3d 46 (Kan. 2009). “, the predecessor act, the Treatment Act for Mentally 111 Persons, K.S.A. 59-2901 et seq., only contained a definition for “mentally ill person,” which was found in K.”
Boulanger v. Pol, 900 P.2d 823 (Kan. 1995). “In Durflinger , in determining whether a duty existed, the court recognized a cause of action, based upon the Kansas Treatment Act for Mentally Ill Persons, K.S.A. 59-2901 et seq. (Act), for the negligent release of an involuntaiy patient who had been committed under the Act.”
Durflinger v. Artiles, 727 F.2d 888 (10th Cir. 1984). “59-2924); discretionary authority to grant convalescent leave to a patient (K.”
In Re Vanderblomen, 956 P.2d 1320 (Kan. 1998). “” The Care and Treatment Act for Mentally 111 Persons was enacted in 1996, repealing the Treatment Act for Mentally 111 Persons, K.S.A. 59-2901 et seq. The new statutes distinguish between a “mentally ill person” and a “mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment for…”
United States v. Defabian Shannon, 94 F.3d 1065 (7th Cir. 1996). “§ 13-4601 (1995); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 59-2901 (1994); Minn.Stat.”
Durflinger v. Artiles, 727 F.2d 888 (10th Cir. 1984). “59-2924); discretionary authority to grant convalescent leave to a patient (K.”
In Re the Treatment of Albright, 836 P.2d 1 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “: This is the proposed patient’s appeal from an order of the district court ordering him into treatment at Osawatomie State Hospital pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2901 et seq., “The Treatment Act For Mentally 111 Persons.”
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