Sec. 5. The chief of social services (or a person designated by the chief of social services) at any institution under the control of the division of mental health and addiction or the division of disability and rehabilitative services may execute the necessary documents to make applications on behalf of a patient in the institution to receive public assistance or to transfer the patient to an alternate care facility without the appointment of a guardian or other order of court.
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