§ 33-6-624. Pilot Program for Patients to Receive Assisted Outpatient Treatment
There shall be created a pilot project in Knox County, Tennessee, which shall expire on June 30, 2015, for a maximum of ten (10) patients at any given time to receive assisted outpatient treatment. In addition to any authorized action under § 33-6-502, a court of competent jurisdiction may order a proposed patient to receive […]
§ 33-6-701. Review of Admitted Persons to Determine Eligibility for Discharge
The chief officer of a public or private hospital shall, as often as practicable, but not less often than every six (6) months, examine or cause to be examined each person admitted under this title for treatment of mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. If the chief officer determines on the basis of the examination […]
§ 33-6-616. Recommitment Hearing
The court where the hospital is located is vested with jurisdiction to hold the hearing on a person returned under § 33-6-611. The court shall schedule a hearing to be held under § 33-6-610 within five (5) business days of receipt of the notice.
§ 33-6-606. Amendment of Outpatient Treatment Plan
After discharge the qualified mental health professional may change the treatment plan to meet the person’s treatment needs. If the qualified mental health professional changes the treatment plan, the person’s obligation to participate in the treatment continues.
§ 33-6-607. Payment for Outpatient Services
If the person is indigent and is not eligible for payment for service under any other governmentally or privately funded system, the department shall provide for the outpatient services. The person is responsible for payment for the services, if: The person is not indigent; or The person is eligible for payment for services under any […]
§ 33-6-608. Admission to Treatment Facility — Outpatient Care Suspended — Outpatient Care Reinstituted Following Release
IF a person who has been discharged subject to the obligation to participate in outpatient treatment is admitted to a hospital or treatment resource before the obligation terminates, THEN the obligation to participate in outpatient treatment is suspended, AND the obligation resumes on discharge unless it has been terminated under § 33-6-620, § 33-6-622, or […]
§ 33-6-609. Failure to Comply With Outpatient Treatment Plan — Action to Enforce
IF the parent, legal guardian, conservator, spouse, responsible relative, or qualified mental health professional of a service recipient who has been discharged subject to the obligation to participate in outpatient treatment, the person who initiated the commitment proceeding of the service recipient, or the chief officer of the discharging facility files an affidavit with the […]
§ 33-6-610. Hearing to Determine Compliance — Findings — Order to Comply — Recommitment Upon Failure or Inability to Comply
If the person appears in person before the court, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the person is required to be participating in outpatient treatment and is, without good cause, not complying with the treatment plan. The court shall release the person, if the court determines that: The person is complying with […]
§ 33-6-611. Failure to Appear at Hearing — Custody Order — Transportation to Hospital — Admission — Notice to Attorney or Other Representative
IF the qualified mental health professional has filed an affidavit showing that: the person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance is required to be participating in outpatient treatment, the person is, without good cause, not complying with the treatment plan, AND the qualified mental health professional believes the noncompliance is not likely to be […]
§ 33-6-612. Failure to Appear Where No Affidavit by Qualified Mental Health Professional
IF the qualified mental health professional has not filed an affidavit with the court regarding the person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND the person does not respond to the order to appear, THEN the court shall order the person taken into custody, AND the officer who serves the order on the person […]