RELATING TO ASSISTED COMMUNITY TREATMENT.

Summary

The law lets community mental health outpatient programs that have agreed to treat a defendant under an assisted community treatment order prepare the required certificate and submit the petition to the Family Court. It also sets clear timelines for filing involuntary hospitalization petitions and for giving the certificate to the defendant. The changes aim to speed up moving defendants from custody to appropriate mental health care.

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