59-2945. Name and citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 59-2945 through 59-2986 and amendments thereto shall be known and may be cited as the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons. History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 1; Apr. 18.
59-2946. Definitions. When used in the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons: (a) “Discharge” means the final and complete release from treatment, by either the head of a treatment facility acting pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2950, and amendments thereto, or by an order of a court issued pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2973, and amendments thereto. […]
59-2947. Computation of time. (a) In computing the date upon or by which any act must be done or hearing held by under provisions of this article, the day on which an act or event occurred and from which a designated period of time is to be calculated shall not be included, but the last […]
59-2948. Civil rights of persons subject to the provisions of this act. (a) The fact that a person may have voluntarily accepted any form of psychiatric treatment, or become subject to a court order entered under authority of this act, shall not be construed to mean that such person shall have lost any civil right […]
59-2949. Voluntary admission to treatment facility; application; written information to be given voluntary patient. (a) A mentally ill person may be admitted to a treatment facility as a voluntary patient when there are available accommodations and the head of the treatment facility determines such person is in need of treatment therein, and that the person […]
59-2950. Discharge of a voluntary patient. The head of a treatment facility shall discharge any voluntary patient whose treatment in the facility is determined by the head of the treatment facility to have reached maximum benefit. Prior to the discharge, the head of the treatment facility shall give written notice of the date and time […]
59-2951. Right to discharge of voluntary patient; procedure. (a) A voluntary patient shall be entitled to be discharged from a treatment facility, by the head of the treatment facility, by no later than the third day, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after receipt of the patient’s written request for discharge. If the voluntary patient is […]
59-2952. Petition for involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient. The head of a treatment facility or other person may file a petition pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2957 and amendments thereto seeking involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient who now lacks capacity to make an informed decision concerning treatment and who is refusing reasonable treatment efforts or […]
59-2953. Investigation; emergency detention; authority and duty of law enforcement officers. (a) Any law enforcement officer who has a reasonable belief formed upon investigation that a person is a mentally ill person and because of such person’s mental illness is likely to cause harm to self or others if allowed to remain at liberty may […]
59-2954. Emergency observation and treatment; authority of treatment facility’s procedure. (a) A treatment facility may admit and detain any person for emergency observation and treatment upon an ex parte emergency custody order issued by a district court pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2958 and amendments thereto. (b) A treatment facility may admit and detain any person presented […]
59-2955. Notice of right to communicate upon admission; notice of admission; notice of rights. (a) Whenever any person is involuntarily admitted to or detained at a treatment facility pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto, or pursuant to an ex parte emergency custody order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2958 and […]
59-2956. Emergency observation; discharge. The head of the treatment facility shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto when the ex parte emergency custody order expires, and shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto not later than the […]
59-2957. Petition for determination of mental illness; request for ex parte emergency custody order; content. (a) A verified petition to determine whether or not a person is a mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment under this act may be filed in the district court of the county wherein that person […]
59-2958. Ex parte emergency custody order. (a) At the time the petition for the determination of whether a person is a mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment under this act is filed, or any time thereafter prior to the trial upon the petition as provided for in K.S.A. 59-2965 and […]
59-2959. Temporary custody order; request for; procedure. (a) At the time that the petition for determination of mental illness is filed, or any time thereafter prior to the trial upon the petition as provided for in K.S.A. 59-2965 and amendments thereto, the petitioner may request in writing that the district court issue a temporary custody […]
59-2960. Preliminary orders; continuances and advancement of trial. (a) Upon the filing of the petition provided for in K.S.A. 59-2957 and amendments thereto, the district court shall issue the following: (1) An order fixing the time and place of the trial upon the petition. Such hearing, in the court’s discretion, may be conducted in a […]
59-2961. Order for a mental evaluation; procedure. (a) The order for a mental evaluation required by subsection (a)(5) of K.S.A. 59-2960 and amendments thereto, shall be served in the manner provided for in subsections (c) and (d) of K.S.A. 59-2963 and amendments thereto. It shall order the proposed patient to submit to a mental evaluation […]
59-2962. Mental evaluation; hearing in noncustodial circumstances. Whenever a proposed patient who is not subject to a temporary custody order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2959 and amendments thereto requests a hearing pursuant to this section, a hearing shall be held within a reasonable time thereafter. The petitioner and the proposed patient shall be notified of […]
59-2963. Notice; contents. (a) Notice as required by subsection (a)(6) of K.S.A. 59-2960, and amendments thereto, shall be given to the proposed patient named in the petition, the proposed patient’s legal guardian if there is one, the attorney appointed to represent the proposed patient, the proposed patient’s spouse or nearest relative and to such other […]
59-2964. Continuance of hearings; order of referral for short-term treatment. (a) The patient at any time may request, in writing, that any further proceedings be continued for not more than three months so that the court may make an order of continuance and referral for short-term treatment. The written request must be acknowledged before a […]
