{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-59-2952","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 59-2952","heading":"Petition for involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient.","body":"The head of a treatment facility or other person may file a petition pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2957 and amendments thereto seeking involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient who now lacks capacity to make an informed decision concerning treatment and who is refusing reasonable treatment efforts or has requested discharge from the treatment facility. A petition filed by the head of a state psychiatric hospital, or such person's designee, accompanied by a statement from a physician or psychologist employed at the hospital that the physician or psychologist believes the person to be a mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment does not need to be accompanied by a written statement from a qualified mental health professional authorizing admission to a state psychiatric hospital.","path":["Chapter 59.—PROBATE CODE","Article 29.—CARE AND TREATMENT FOR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_029_0052.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:21:21Z","sha256":"b9144a998991ffd82f471060d5d2f8267b188ef897031cbee77b80d0b440dc9d","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-59-2951","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-59-2953"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}