Matter of Cause No. Mh-90-00566

OPINION

EHRLICH, Judge.

L.R. 1 appeals from an order committing him to the Arizona State Hospital (“ASH”) for inpatient treatment and subsequent supervised outpatient treatment. The court found that L.R. was persistently or acutely disabled as the result of a mental disorder, in need of treatment and either unwilling or unable to accept voluntary treatment.

On appeal, L.R. challenges the constitutionality of Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. section (“A.R.S. §”) 36-501(29), which establishes “persistently or acutely disabled” as a category for the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill. He argues that the…