County of Hennepin v. Levine

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

In 1982, the Minnesota Legislature substantially revised and recodified the statute governing civil commitment. See Minnesota Commitment Act of 1982, ch. 581, §§ 1-26, 1982 Minn.Laws 1329-59 (repealing Minn.Stat. §§ 253A.01-.23 (1980)) (currently codified at Minn.Stat. §§ 253B.01-.23 (1982)). This case requires us to construe certain provisions of the Minnesota Civil Commitment Act of 1982 (hereinafter the Act) that relate to patients committed as mentally-ill and dangerous (MID). More specifically, we must decide whether the Act prohibits the head of a treatment…