Joers v. Department of Health & Social Services

When is a patient or his estate liable for his care and treatment in Central State Hospital? The statute provides for such patient liability “in any charitable or curative institution of the state.” 1 Central State Hospital is such institution 2 but not as to all commitments made to it.3

When is the Central State Hospital a “charitable or curative institution of the state” and when is it not so? In the Treglown Case, this court construed “the nature and purpose of the commitment in a particular case.” 4 In each category of cases at least the court “. . . must inquire into the exact purpose and…