kathryn797
Member
What is the name of your state? California My 15 year old daughter was placed on a 5150 hold because she took 2 muscle relaxers and 3 motrin, 2 blood tests and a urine test failed to show any trace of either medicine, because she was mad that she got in trouble for stealing a pair of $7 earrings from Kohls She was transferred from a county medical hospital to a private mental health hospital. On her second day there billing called me requesting full payment for 4 days. I told the worker my daughter is only on a 72 hour hold I was told patients generally stay for 5-7 days so its company policy to bill for 4 days. My daughter hadn't even been evaluated by a doctor yet so I refused to pay for 4 days and the guy at billing told me that at the end of the 72 hours the doctor will ask for me to voluntarily leave my daughter for 2 more days and I said and if I refuse? He said if you refuse then the doctor will put your daughter on a 5250 hold and she will be required to stay for 14 days this is your daughter were talking about so which would you prefer? 2 days or 14? Is this legal? can they threaten me with a 5250 hold if I refuse to voluntarily admit my daughter? and how can they tell me she has to stay without a doctors evaluation? and can they bill you for services that haven't even been used? I feel like they do this to every patient, trick them into voluntarily staying longer, so they charge you for it in the beginning of your stay. My daughters 72 hours is up tonight at 9pm and I'm trying to find out if I need to hire a lawyer Thank you for your time and responce