Bill seeks to allow medical care at sober living homes

Orange County Register

Depending on your perspective, you could argue Brandon Jacques might be alive today if not for an unusual California law that prevented him from receiving medical care where he needed it most. A college student from Missouri, Jacques died in Orange County two years ago after entering treatment for bulimia and alcoholism at the troubled Morningside Recovery rehab center in Newport Beach, according to a lawsuit filed by the Jacques family. The suits says that Morningside officials knew he was suffering from hypokalemia and other electrolyte imbalances, and promised to keep him safe until he could be moved to a hospital for inpatient treatment of his eating disorder.

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