Hearing on motion of a person under the jurisdiction of the psychiatric security review board

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13-3997. Hearing on motion of a person under the jurisdiction of the psychiatric security review board

(L21, Ch. 390, sec. 20. Eff. until 7/1/23)

A. A person who is under the jurisdiction of the board may request and the board shall grant a hearing not sooner than one hundred twenty days after the person is committed and placed under the board's jurisdiction. After the initial hearing or any subsequent hearing, a person may request and the board shall grant a hearing not sooner than twenty months after the previous hearing.

B. The board, with sufficient cause, may grant a motion for a hearing by the person who is under the jurisdiction of the board at any time.

C. If the person who is under the jurisdiction of the board is requesting a change in conditional release status, the request must include a proposed form of order and may be accompanied by a mental health report.

D. If the person who is under the jurisdiction of the board is conditionally released to the community and believes that rehospitalization is necessary to protect the person's safety or the safety of the public, the person may present himself to the outpatient treatment supervisor and request that the outpatient treatment supervisor consult with the secure mental health facility and request that the chief medical officer for the secure mental health facility sign an order for immediate readmission to the secure mental health facility. The board shall set a hearing pursuant to section 13-3998. The inpatient and outpatient treatment supervisors shall submit a mental health report to the board within seven days after the person is readmitted.


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