Statute 59-29b48: Civil rights of persons subject to the
provisions of this act.
(a) The fact that a person may have voluntarily accepted any
form
of treatment for an alcohol or substance abuse problem, or become subject to a
court order entered under authority of this act, shall not be construed to mean
that such person shall have lost any civil right they otherwise would have as a
resident or citizen, any property right or their legal capacity, except as may
be specified within any court order or as otherwise limited by the provisions
of this act or the reasonable rules and regulations which the head of a
treatment facility may for good cause find necessary to make for the orderly
operations of that facility. No person held in custody under the provisions of
this act shall be denied the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus.
(b) There shall be no implication or presumption that a patient within the
terms of this act is for that reason alone a person in need of a guardian or
a conservator, or both, as
provided in
K.S.A. 59-3050 through 59-3095, and amendments thereto.
(c) A person who is a mentally ill person subject to involuntary
commitment for care and treatment as defined in K.S.A. 59-2946, and amendments
thereto, or a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to
involuntary commitment for care and treatment as defined in K.S.A. 59-29b46,
and amendments thereto, shall be subject to K.S.A. 21-4204, and amendments
thereto.
History: L. 1998, ch. 134, § 4;
L. 2002, ch. 114, § 68;
L. 2006, ch. 210, § 19; July 1, 2007.