Oklahoma Attorney General Reports July 6, 1990 (Opinion No. 89-500 (1990) Ag)

** PART II ** I HAVE IDENTIFIED ONE CASE THAT HAS DIRECTLY APPLIED THESE PRINCIPLES TO STATE HEALTH CARE LAWS. IN WHITE V. CALIFANO, 437 F.SUPP. 543 (D.S.D. 1977), AFF'D 581 F.2D 697 (8TH CIR. 1978), AN INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE SOCIAL WORKER SOUGHT TO FILE A PETITION BEFORE A COUNTY BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OF A MENTALLY ILL INDIAN TO A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL.