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January 26, 1983
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Court ruling may release
involuntary mental patients
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iestcitk Th° usan ds of mental patients
a pnciinlTexas could be freed from
bii court-ordered protective cus
tody under a federal court rul-
laminl which takes effect Thursday,
kill]The ruling by U.S. District
«tii Juidge George Kazen in Brown
sville, holds that detaining peo-
f tht iplfi in protective custody without
is Warrant is unconstitutional.
ilbeHlt dissolves pending “protec
tive custody orders” and pro-
ffeTibits judges from committing
persons who refuse to commit
themselves, even though they
may be considered dangerous
and mentally ill by hospital offi-
t](csq,ci^ls, said Dallas County Probate
Judge Joe Ashmore, who has di-
, retted hospitals to release pa-
iMj tients at midnight on
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tpcnsr
Wednesday.
“The immediacy of the crisis
is that come the 27th, we are
going to have people who repre
sent a danger to others (on the
streets),” Ashmore said. “It
appears that unless some magic
is worked out, as of tonight in
Dallas county any person com
mitted under an OPG (an order
of protective custody) will have
to be released.”
Ashmore estimated that 50 to
100 involuntarily committed
mental patients could be re
leased in Dallas this week be
cause of the judge’s ruling.
Under the recently dissolved
protective custody orders, a pa
tient would be held for up to 14
days if a doctor determines that
the patient is both mentally ill
and a danger to himself or
others.
After the two weeks the pa
tient would appear at a hearing
with an attorney where the
judge would determine whether
the patient should be voluntarily
or involuntarily committed to
treatment.
Without the protective cus
tody orders, no dangerous,
mentally ill person could be de
tained involuntarily for more
than 24 hours unless criminal
charges were filed, Ashmore
said.
Terrell State Hospital Super
intendent J. R. Clemons said his
staff would try to convince those
patients considered dangerous
and in need of further hospitali
zation to voluntarily commit
themselves. But if they refuse,
they will be released, he said.
“Usually the people coming
here on orders of protective
custody would not voluntarily
choose to stay,” Clemons said.
“We would do all we could to try
to get them to sign a voluntary
admission, but if we couldn’t, I
wouldn’t have any choice but to
release the person. That would
be a terrible state of affairs, if
that’s what it comes to.”
U.S. District Judge George P.
Kazen ruled Nov. 24, 1982, in
the case of Luna vs. the Texas
Board of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation, that “pro
tective custody orders were un
constitutional because patients
committed under such orders
were denied due process.”
pipcrton, Texans fed up
PUC reforms proposed
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iBVUSTIN — Sen. Kent
Caperton Tuesday introduced
sion legislation calling for vast re
forms at the Public Utility Com
mission, including the election
onihof (ommissioners and the crea-
krt tion of a consumers’ representa
tive to be present at regulatory
toa: agency hearings,
lire p:® “The public perceives that
t tribe state is not living up to its
responsibility in regulating the
in Vutilky monopolies,” the Bryan
;onf;rDemocrat said. “What many
u 21)candidates felt as a visceral reac-
nuiEftion was confirmed at the ballot
. box on Nov. 2 — a majority of
Texans are fed up with the cur
rent sham of utility regulation.”
Caperton’s bill is one of two
pieces of legislation that prop
oses reforms at the PUC.
Another by Sen. Lloyd Doggett,
D-Austin, addresses many of the
same concerns.
The PUC, currently a three-
member board with members
appointed by the governor, is re
sponsible for regulating electric
and telephone rates in Texas.
• Gov. Mark White promised
reform at the PUC in his cam
paign, but Caperton said that so
far White has not pledged his
support for the bill.
Included among Caperton’s
proposals were:
Abolishment of the controv
ersial fuel adjustment clause, a
PUC rule that allows utilities to
automatically pass on higher
ncient skull
to be exhibited
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naw^AUSTIN — The skull of a
f is tjycfimg Indian woman who may
have been buried 9,000 years
ago in a central Texas bedrock
will be placed on display in the
Capitol rotunda from Feb. 12-
8. officials said Tuesday.
J The skull, along with the
rt Jvoman’s other skeletal remains,
%as uncovered by archaeolog-
its on Jan. 4 about 12 feet be
neath the path of a proposed
itate highway, about 22 miles
north of Austin, between Round
ock and Cedar Park.
The bones have been taken to
state highway department
aboratory in Austin for tests to
iletermine how old they are.
m Irchaeologists say the remains
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The election of three PUC
commissioners on a statewide
basis. Candidates would be pro
hibited from accepting cam
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nistrative law judges to preside
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are possibly the oldest ever un
earthed in North America.
Highway department spokes
man Bo McCarver said the skull
is believed to be that of a woman
who died when she was about
20.
“We’ve had such a number of
requests, especially from school
groups, that we just decided to
go ahead and exhibit the thing
in the rotunda because of the
number of school groups who
visit the Capitol,” he said
McCarver said only the skull
will be displayed because the
other bones are so fragile
archeologists really don’t want
to move them out of the labora
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