632.375. Patient to be evaluated, when--report to certain persons--court may consider continuation of detention. - Missouri Statutes

Patient to be evaluated, when--report to certain persons--court mayconsider continuation of detention.

632.375. 1. At least once every one hundred eighty days, the head ofeach mental health program shall have each respondent who is detained atthe program for a one-year period under this chapter examined and evaluatedto determine if the respondent continues to be mentally ill, and as aresult presents a likelihood of serious harm to himself or others. Thecourt, the mental health coordinator for the region, the respondent and therespondent's attorney shall be provided copies of the report of theexamination and evaluation described by this section and the respondent'sindividualized treatment plan.

2. Upon receipt of the report, the court may, upon its own motion, orshall, upon the motion of the respondent, order a hearing to be held as tothe need for continued detention and involuntary treatment. At theconclusion of the hearing, the court may order:

(1) The discharge of the respondent; or

(2) An appropriate least restrictive course of detention andinvoluntary treatment; or

(3) The respondent to be remanded to the mental health program forthe unexpired portion of the original commitment order.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)