House Journal: Page 1579: Thursday, April 26, 2001
40 outpatient or other appropriate basis, and the court
41 shall enter an order which may direct the respondent
42 to submit to the recommended treatment. The order
43 shall provide that if the respondent fails or refuses
44 to submit to treatment as directed by the court's
45 order, the court may order that the respondent be
46 taken into immediate custody as provided by section
47 229.11 and, following notice and hearing held in
48 accordance with the procedures of section 229.12, may
49 order the respondent treated as a patient requiring
50 full-time custody, care, and treatment in a hospital
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1 until such time as the chief medical officer reports
2 that the respondent does not require further treatment
3 for serious mental impairment or has indicated the
4 respondent is willing to submit to treatment on
5 another basis as ordered by the court. If a patient
6 is transferred for treatment to another provider under
7 this subsection, the treatment provider who will be
8 providing the outpatient or other appropriate
9 treatment shall be provided with relevant court orders
10 by the former treatment provider.
11 4. d. The respondent is seriously mentally
12 impaired and in need of full-time custody and care,
13 but is unlikely to benefit from further inpatient
14 treatment in a hospital. If the report so states, the
15 The report shall include the chief medical officer
16 officer's shall recommend recommendation for an
17 alternative placement for the respondent and the court
18 shall enter an order which may direct the respondent's
19 transfer to the recommended placement.
20 2. Following receipt of the chief medical
21 officer's report under subsection 1, paragraph "b",
22 "c", or "d", the court shall issue an order for
23 appropriate treatment as follows:
24 a. For a respondent whose expenses are payable in
25 whole or in part by a county, placement as designated
26 through the single entry point process in the care of
27 an appropriate hospital or facility on an inpatient or
28 outpatient basis, or other appropriate treatment, or
29 in an alternative placement.
30 b. For any other respondent, placement in the care
31 of an appropriate hospital or facility on an inpatient
32 or outpatient basis, or other appropriate treatment,
33 or an alternative placement.
34 c. A For a respondent who is an inmate in the
35 custody of the department of corrections may, as a
36 court-ordered alternative placement, the court may
37 order the respondent to receive mental health services
38 in a correctional program. If the court or the
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