PsychRights: Alaska

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Alaska

HB 172 (§ 36 of CH 41 SLA 2022)

Crisis Stabilization in Alaska: Understanding HB172, September 19, 2022.

Judge Morse's Decision Enjoining the State of Alaska from warehousing people awaiting evaluation in jail, October 22, 2019.

Final Judgment (Settlement), September 3, 2020.

HB172 (as passed)

2/22/22 Letter to Alaska Legislators about Senate Bill 124/House Bill 172 proposing to make it easier for community mental health workers to psychiatrically imprison people

3/7/22 Letter to Senate Health & Social Services Committee, Chair, David Wilson, proposing amendments.

March 23, 2022, Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee.

March 29, 2022, Letter to Sen. David Wilson, chair of Senate Health & Social Services Committee.

May 12, 2022, letter to Sen. David Wilson, chair of Senate Health & Social Services Committee.

PsychRightsLitigation

In the Matter of an Information Request, Alaska Supreme Court Case No. S-16812.
ITMO L.M., Alaska Supreme Court Case No. 16393.
ITMO H.R., Alaska Supreme Court Case No. 15793
In the Matter of the Hospitalization of Daniel G., Alaska Supreme Court Case No. S-15100
United States ex rel Law Project for Psychiatric Rights v. Matsutani, et al., USDCAK Case No. 3:09-cv-80-TMB
William S. Bigley v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, S-13116, Alaska Supreme Court Opinion No. 6374, May 22, 2009 (Due Process Rights).
Law Project for Psychiatric Rights v. State of Alaska, et al.
Myers v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Forced Drugging)
Wetherhorn v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Definition of Gravely Disabled)
Wayne B. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Necessity of Transcript)
W.S.B. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute (Right to Have Proceedings Open to Public)
Forced Drugging of Bill Bigley
Languishing Prospective Informed Consent Case.
Bavilla v. Alaska Dep't. of Corrections (Forced Drugging in Prison)
Case XX
Kenaston v. Alaska (Four Board Suit)

Public Defender Cases

ITMO Jacob S, November 18, 2016.
ITMO Mark V, July 1, 2016.
ITMH Reid K, September 25, 2015.
ITMO Dakota K, August 28, 2015.
ITMO Gabriel C., April 4, 2014.
In Re: Stephen O., SP 6587, December 17, 2013.
In Re: Jeffrey E., SP 6701, July 27, 2012.

Miscellaneous

Bret Bohn
Judges Guide: Handling Cases Involving Persons with Mental Disorders, July, 2008.
Alaska v. Eli Lilly & Co.
Involuntary Commitment and Forced Psychiatric Drugging in the Trial Courts: Rights Violations as a Matter of Course, by James B. (Jim) Gottstein, 25 Alaska L. Rev. 51 (2008).
E.P. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute: The Evolution of Involuntary Civil Commitments from Treatment to Punishment, by Proud Usahacharoenporn, 28 Alaska Law Review 189 (2011).
Guilty But Mentally Ill: the Ethical Dilemma of Mental Illness as a Tool of the Prosecution, by Lauren G. Johansen, Alaska Law Review, 32 Ak. L.Rev. 1 (2015)

Non/Pre-Litigation

2/22/22 Letter to Alaska Legislators about Senate Bill 124/House Bill 172 proposing to make it easier for community mental health workers to psychiatrically imprison people.
PsychRights letter to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority opposing privatizing the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, August 25, 2016.
PsychRights letter to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Planning Committee, June 15, 2016.
July 2, 2012, letter to the Alaska Mental Health Board regarding psychiatric drug use in Alaska's mental health budget.
Involuntary Commitment & Forced Drugging Court Rules.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request(s)
Faith Myers and Dorrance Collins Advocacy.
Community took back mental health by redefining needs, by Alan Boraas, Anchorage Daily News, May 14, 2010.
On February 8, 2007, Jim Gottstein's testified before the House Judiciary committee about the Myers and Wetherhorn cases and other ways that Alaska's mental health program operates illegally.
Pro Publica's compilation of seven pharmaceutical companies' payments to Alaska doctors.

Information

Alaska Commitment and Forced Drugging Statutes
Advance Directives in Alaska:
Alaska Department of Corrections Policy on Forced Medication.
Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) Release of Information form.
- API Release form to give information to PsychRights
API Admission Statistics
Alaska's Mental Health System and its Children
- October 4, 2004, Disability Law Center Report on North Star Hospital (Children's residential facility). Posting this here does not constitute an endorsement of the report.
The Liability of Alaska Mental Health Providers for Mandated Treatment, by Marshall L. Wild, Alaska Law Review, December 2003, : 20 Alaska L. Rev. 271
Other potential Alaska mental health/legal links are:
- Mental Health at AlaskaLawHelp.Org
- Disability Law Center (the Protection and Advocacy Agency)
- Alaska Legal Resource Center

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