MENTAL HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 1974
PERIODIC REVIEW


330.1482 Review of status; frequency; assignment of physician or psychologist.

Sec. 482.

    Each individual subject to a 1-year order of involuntary mental health treatment has the right to adequate and prompt review of his or her current status as a person requiring treatment. Six months from the date of a 1-year order of involuntary mental health treatment, the executive director of the community mental health services program responsible for treatment or, if private arrangements for the reimbursement of mental health treatment services have been made, the hospital director or director of the assisted outpatient treatment program shall assign a physician or licensed psychologist to review the individual's clinical status as a person requiring treatment.


History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019





330.1483 Review of status; disposition and notice of results; complaint.

Sec. 483.

    (1) The results of each periodic review shall be made part of the individual's record, and shall be filed within 5 days of the review in the form of a written report with the court that last ordered the individual's treatment, and within those 5 days, the executive director or director of the hospital or treatment program with which private reimbursement arrangements have been made shall give notice of the results of the review and information on the individual's right to petition for discharge to the individual, the individual's attorney, the individual's guardian, and the individual's nearest relative or a person designated by the individual.
    (2) An individual under a 1-year order of involuntary mental health treatment or a person designated by the individual may submit a complaint to the provider of services at any time regarding the quality and appropriateness of the treatment provided. A copy of each complaint and the provider's response to each complaint shall be submitted to the executive director or director of the private program and the court along with the written report required by subsection (1).


History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997





330.1484 Review of status; report; objections; hearing; petition for discharge.

Sec. 484.

     If the report required under section 483 concludes that the individual requires continuing involuntary mental health treatment and the individual or the executive director objects to the conclusions, the individual or the executive director has the right to a hearing and may petition the court for discharge of the individual from the treatment program. This petition shall be presented to the court within 7 days, excluding Sundays and holidays, after the report is received.


History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996





330.1485 Repealed. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to annual hearing and petition for discharge.





330.1485a Individual no longer requiring treatment; individual continuing to require treatment; finding; order.

Sec. 485a.

    (1) Upon a hearing under section 484, if the court finds that an individual under an order of involuntary mental health treatment is no longer a person requiring treatment, the court shall enter a finding to that effect and shall order that the individual be discharged.
    (2) Upon a hearing under section 484, if the court finds that an individual under a 1-year order of involuntary mental health treatment continues to be a person requiring treatment, and after consideration of complaints submitted under section 483(2), the court shall do 1 of the following:
    (a) Continue the order.
    (b) Issue a new continuing order for involuntary mental health treatment under section 472a(3) or (4).


History: Add. 1980, Act 138, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1980 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997





330.1486 Writ of habeas corpus.

Sec. 486.

     Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the filing or deprive any individual of the benefits of a writ of habeas corpus.


History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974



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