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Lawmakers propose a plan to treat mentally ill people without their consent

Bill establishes pilot program that would place people who are incapacitated in an executorship and appoint them a guardian.

Leona Vaughn | WNPA News Service
Posted 2/6/20

People unable to care for themselves due to mental illnesses could be subject to receiving treatment, even without their consent, if Washington state legislators pass a law to establish executorships …

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