The ruling party senators (17 affirmative votes out of 30) approved the compulsory hospitalization bill of addicts with the prior consent of the person, a text that was rejected by the legislators of the Broad Front (FA).
The text was written by the deputy of the Ciudadanos sector of the Colorado Party, Nibia Reisch, and will now return to the House of Representatives after undergoing some modifications in the Senate Health Commission.
According to what the Colorado deputy told The Observer, these variations “do not change the meaning of the bill”, for which he hopes that no further delays will be generated in the Chamber of Deputies, where it has already been voted on previously. The deputy estimates that the bill is approved between May and June of this year.
“Any person of legal age who abuses drugs at a time when they are mentally fit and so their psychiatrist establishes can sign a document in advance that when he is under the influence of drugs, whoever he designates can resort to a destination process and if the situation warrants hospitalization,” Reisch said of the bill.
Changes in the Senate
The first article established “detoxification, rehabilitation and social reintegration”, however in the Senate Commission “detox was maintainedwhich is the basics of the project,” Reisch said.
In the original project, the addict delivered the advance directive before a notary public. With the changes in the Senate, You can also do it before two witnesses.
In addition, patients with “problem drinking can make use of detoxification treatment established in the Ministry of Public Healthcan be benefits from the National Integrated Health System, ASSE users or cases where the family wants to admit him to a private clinic.
