Pennsylvania Act 1895-238 — CARE OF INDIGENT INSANE

Act text

INDIGENT INSANE, CARE OF
                 Act of Jun. 26, 1895, P.L. 321, No. 238              Cl. 67
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to the indigent insane of poor districts, and providing
        for the same allowance for their treatment as is given by the
        Commonwealth to State hospitals for the insane, under the
        conditions prescribed by the act of Assembly approved June
        thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That poor districts in this
     Commonwealth which have supplied or may hereafter supply a
     hospital for the care and treatment of the indigent insane,
     according to plans and specifications approved by the Board of
     Public Charities, which said insane hospital shall be provided
     with all the modern appliances for the treatment of the insane,
     with a medical superintendent of experience in the treatment of
     mental diseases, and who shall be in actual practice for at
     least five years, in which the said insane are attended by
     trained and skilled nurses, and in every way receive the same
     care and attention as they would in any State hospital for the
     insane, shall hereafter be entitled to the same allowance for
     the care and treatment of the indigent insane as is given by the
     Commonwealth to State hospitals for the insane, under the
     conditions prescribed by the act of Assembly approved June
     thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three,
     entitled "An act to provide for the care and treatment of the
     indigent insane of the several counties of the Commonwealth in
     State hospitals for the insane."