SB220: Outpatient treatment order; community services board to monitor person's compliance with order.

Chief Patron

Sen. John Edwards (D-21)

John Edwards (D-21)
Served: 1996–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

01/21/2008: In Courts of Justice Committee

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Summary

Monitoring of compliance with outpatient treatment order.  Provides that the community services board or behavioral health authority that serves the city or county in which a person subject to an outpatient treatment order resides shall develop an outpatient treatment plan, which shall identify the community services board, behavioral health authority, or other provider designated to monitor the person's compliance with the order. This bill also provides that upon receiving notification of noncompliance with the order, the court shall issue a show cause order regarding the person's noncompliance with the order and may amend the involuntary outpatient treatment order or revoke the outpatient treatment order.