83-350 State hospitals for the mentally ill; legal settlement of patient in another county; treatment.

NE Code § 83-350 (2019) (N/A)
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83-350. State hospitals for the mentally ill; legal settlement of patient in another county; treatment.

When the chief executive officer of a state hospital for the mentally ill has been notified, as provided for in sections 83-313 to 83-357, that a patient sent to the hospital from one county has a legal settlement in another county of the state, the chief executive officer shall thereafter hold and treat such patient as from the latter county.

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County of legal settlement means the county in which a person had a residence at the time of becoming incompetent. County of Kearney v. County of Buffalo, 167 Neb. 117, 91 N.W.2d 304 (1958).