admit a patient or go to jail

State to Fight Order Sending Western State CEO to Jail
State to Fight Order Sending Western State CEO to Jail
State to Fight Order Sending Western State CEO to Jail
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State officials say they will ask a judge to block a contempt ruling that ordered the new CEO of the state's largest psychiatric hospital to admit a patient or go to jail. Gov. Jay Inslee's spokeswoman Jaime Smith says the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is preparing to ask a judge to stay Friday's order that Western State CEO Cheryl Strange report to ja