Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 30. Decedents' Estates; Protection of Persons and Property § 30-4412. Inpatient treatment facility; principal refuses admission; facility; duties

(1) If the principal forms a self-binding arrangement for treatment in an advance mental health care directive but then refuses admission to an inpatient treatment facility despite the directive's instructions to admit, the inpatient treatment facility shall respond as follows:

(2) After twenty-one days following the date of admission, if the principal has not regained capacity or has regained capacity but refuses to consent to remain for additional treatment, the facility shall dismiss the principal from the facility's care and the principal shall be released during daylight hours or to the care of an individual available only during nondaylight hours. This subsection does not apply if the principal is detained pursuant to involuntary commitment standards.

(3) A principal may specify in the advance mental health care directive a shorter amount of time than twenty-one days.