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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 95777" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Goodness - usually it's the other way around (parents wanting kiddo admitted and kiddo refusing). While I don't know about Texas specifically, most states have a much lower "age of consent" for psychiatric treatment (12 in IL) and therefore she actually has to consent to any treatment anyway. The way the law in IL is worded, I don't even have to be notified of treatment in the first 24 (or 48?) hours, even though I'm his guardian and the financially responsible party. Because I tend to expect the worst, I would guess that since she is under 18 you are going to end up being responsible for the bill even though *you* didn't consent to treatment. That age of consent for psychiatric care is a real Catch-22.</p><p></p><p>However, one thing I would do (I also have a son who is a manipulative frequent flier at hospitals) is contact your insurance company *ASAP*, assuming you have some form of inpatient psychiatric coverage, and let them know what your take on the situation is. I have yet to run into a hospital who would continue to hold onto a patient (obviously assuming the patient isn't truly clinically and acutely in *need* of hospitalization - thank you's certainly spent many months in total being "stabilized" simply because insurance said they'd pay for X weeks) once they've been notified by the insurance company that there will be no reimbursement. Of course, the insurance co is going to also get clinical info from the hospital but... I would certainly contact them. Hopefully the HIPAA (confidentiality) laws won't mess you up too badly in this effort.</p><p></p><p>Good luck - I'm really sorry you're going thru this but I can totally relate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 95777, member: 8"] Goodness - usually it's the other way around (parents wanting kiddo admitted and kiddo refusing). While I don't know about Texas specifically, most states have a much lower "age of consent" for psychiatric treatment (12 in IL) and therefore she actually has to consent to any treatment anyway. The way the law in IL is worded, I don't even have to be notified of treatment in the first 24 (or 48?) hours, even though I'm his guardian and the financially responsible party. Because I tend to expect the worst, I would guess that since she is under 18 you are going to end up being responsible for the bill even though *you* didn't consent to treatment. That age of consent for psychiatric care is a real Catch-22. However, one thing I would do (I also have a son who is a manipulative frequent flier at hospitals) is contact your insurance company *ASAP*, assuming you have some form of inpatient psychiatric coverage, and let them know what your take on the situation is. I have yet to run into a hospital who would continue to hold onto a patient (obviously assuming the patient isn't truly clinically and acutely in *need* of hospitalization - thank you's certainly spent many months in total being "stabilized" simply because insurance said they'd pay for X weeks) once they've been notified by the insurance company that there will be no reimbursement. Of course, the insurance co is going to also get clinical info from the hospital but... I would certainly contact them. Hopefully the HIPAA (confidentiality) laws won't mess you up too badly in this effort. Good luck - I'm really sorry you're going thru this but I can totally relate. [/QUOTE]
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