5119.57 Tracking and monitoring after release of insanity acquittees or defendants found incompetent. - Ohio Statutes

5119.57 Tracking and monitoring after release of insanity acquittees or defendants found incompetent.

No later than January 1, 1998, the department of mental health, in conjunction with boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and community mental health boards, shall develop a coordinated system for tracking and monitoring persons found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed pursuant to section 2945.40 of the Revised Code who have been granted a conditional release and persons found incompetent to stand trial and committed pursuant to section 2945.39 of the Revised Code who have been granted a conditional release. The system shall do all of the following:

(A) Centralize responsibility for the tracking of those persons;

(B) Develop uniformity in monitoring those persons;

(C) Develop a mechanism to allow prompt rehospitalization, reinstitutionalization, or detention when a violation of the conditional release or decompensation occurs.

Effective Date: 07-01-1997