Opinion by
Appellant appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County which, pursuant to Section 406 of the Mental Health and Retardation Act of 1966 (Act of 1966), Act of October 20, 1966, Special Sess. P.L. 96, as amended, 50 P.S. §4406, directed appellant’s involuntary commitment to Western Center. We affirm.
Citing Goldy v. Beal, 429 F. Supp. 640 (M.D. Pa. 1976), appellant first contends that he cannot be committed under Section 406 of the Act of 1966 because Section 406 is unconstitutionally vague. Appellant’s argument is rendered moot by the order and memorandum opinion of the court of common pleas, which specifically state that in considering appellant’s petition, the court adhered to the standards enumerated in Goldy to avoid the unconstitutional aspects of the Act of 1966. Moreover, the court order and memorandum opinion comport with the due process safeguards of the Mental Health Procedures Act (Procedures Act), Act of July 9, 1976, P.L. 817, as amended, 50 P.S. § 7101 et seq., which is in pari materia with the Act of 1966 and is to be construed with it. In re Gross, 476 Pa. 203, 212, 382 A.2d 116, 121 (1978).
Finally, appellant alleges that Butler County did not provide proper treatment. Section 102 of the Procedures Act, 50 P.S. §7102, mandates that adequate treatment be provided for mentally ill persons and that “in every case, the least restrictions consistent with adequate treatment ... be employed.” In Gibson v. DiGiacinto, 261 Pa. Superior Ct. 53, 395 A.2d 938 (1978), involuntary commitment to a mental hospital was upheld where an individual was expelled from a youth home upon exhibiting disruptive and threatening behavior and subsequently was charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass. The court reasoned that the individual presented a clear and present danger of harm and “was unable to control himself outside a totally structured environment, and that the least restrictive institution available for his care and
Accordingly, we hold that appellant was properly committed to Western Center, and we will enter the following
Order
And Now, January 28, 1981, the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, dated September 10, 1979, at Mise. Docket No. 79-184, is affirmed.
Substantial evidence in the record reviewed by this Court, establishes that appellant presents a risk of harm to himself and others.
