When a person is to be involuntarily committed to a facility, the department shall arrange, and is authorized to pay for, the person’s necessary transportation to the designated facility accompanied by appropriate persons and, if necessary, by a peace officer. The department shall pay return transportation of a person, the person’s escorts, and, if necessary, […]
(a) The admission papers of a person who is admitted to a treatment facility under AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915 must include a statement as to the person’s residence. The department may return a patient who is not a resident of the state to the state of the person’s residence with court approval if the person […]
This state ratifies and adopts by reference “The Interstate Compact on Mental Health” consisting of 14 articles approved on September 30, 1955, by the Northeast State Governments Conference on Mental Health. The department is designated as compact administrator with full power to carry out the purpose of the compact and to adopt all necessary regulations […]
Nothing in AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915 alters or impairs the application or availability to a patient, while hospitalized in another state under contractual arrangements entered in accordance with AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915, of the rights, remedies, or safeguards provided by the laws of this state.
The department shall ensure that (1) a patient is not discharged from a treatment facility without suitable clothing; and (2) a discharged indigent patient is furnished (A) suitable transportation to the patient’s permanent residence in this state or to another suitable place at the discretion of the department; and (B) a reasonable amount of money […]
(a) Those unclaimed articles of personal property that are covered by AS 34.45.110 – 34.45.260 and the unclaimed money in the custody of a treatment facility that belong to a patient who dies before discharge, or to a patient who leaves the hospital without authority, if unclaimed by the patient or the legal heirs or […]
The department shall make diligent inquiry in every instance after departure without authority or death of a patient, to ascertain the whereabouts of the patient or that of the patient’s legal heirs or representatives, and shall turn over to the proper person the money or articles of personal property in the custody of the facility […]
(a) The witnesses, expert witnesses, and the jury in commitment proceedings under AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915 are entitled to the fees, compensation, and mileage established by the administrative rules of court for other jurors and witnesses. Compensation, mileage, fees, transportation expenses for a respondent, and other expenses arising from evaluation and commitment proceedings shall be […]
(a) Notwithstanding AS 47.30.845, when a superior court orders the involuntary commitment of a person under AS 47.30.735 – 47.30.755 or when relief from a disability resulting from an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence is granted under AS 47.30.851(b), the court shall immediately transmit the following information, if known, […]
(a) A patient, the patient’s spouse, or the patient’s parent if the patient is under 18 years of age shall pay the charges for the care, transportation, and treatment of the patient when the patient is hospitalized under AS 47.30.670 – 47.30.915 at a state-operated facility, an evaluation facility, or a designated treatment facility providing […]
The department shall adopt regulations to implement AS 47.30.700 – 47.30.915.
In AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915, (1) “adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence” means a court order finding that a person is (A) not guilty by reason of insanity or guilty but mentally ill under AS 12.47.040; (B) incompetent to stand trial for a criminal offense under AS 12.47.100 – 12.47.120; or (C) a danger […]
