House Journal: Page 1582: Thursday, April 26, 2001
37 be considered to be authorized through the single
38 entry point process.
39 Sec. . Section 229.15, subsections 1 through 3,
40 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
41 1. Not more than thirty days after entry of an
42 order for continued hospitalization of a patient under
43 section 229.14, subsection 2 1, paragraph "b", and
44 thereafter at successive intervals of not more than
45 sixty days continuing so long as involuntary
46 hospitalization of the patient continues, the chief
47 medical officer of the hospital shall report to the
48 court which entered the order. The report shall be
49 submitted in the manner required by section 229.14,
50 shall state whether the patient's condition has
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1 improved, remains unchanged, or has deteriorated, and
2 shall indicate if possible the further length of time
3 the patient will be required to remain at the
4 hospital. The chief medical officer may at any time
5 report to the court a finding as stated in section
6 229.14, subsection 4 1, and the court shall act
7 thereon upon the finding as required by that section
8 229.14, subsection 2.
9 2. Not more than sixty days after the entry of a
10 court order for treatment of a patient pursuant to a
11 report issued under section 229.14, subsection 3 1,
12 paragraph "c", and thereafter at successive intervals
13 as ordered by the court but not to exceed ninety days
14 so long as that court order remains in effect, the
15 medical director of the facility treating the patient
16 shall report to the court which entered the order.
17 The report shall state whether the patient's condition
18 has improved, remains unchanged, or has deteriorated,
19 and shall indicate if possible the further length of
20 time the patient will require treatment by the
21 facility. If at any time the patient without good
22 cause fails or refuses to submit to treatment as
23 ordered by the court, the medical director shall at
24 once so notify the court, which shall order the
25 patient hospitalized as provided by section 229.14,
26 subsection 3 2, paragraph "d", unless the court finds
27 that the failure or refusal was with good cause and
28 that the patient is willing to receive treatment as
29 provided in the court's order, or in a revised order
30 if the court sees fit to enter one. If at any time
31 the medical director reports to the court that in the
32 director's opinion the patient requires full-time
33 custody, care and treatment in a hospital, and the
34 patient is willing to be admitted voluntarily to the
35 hospital for these purposes, the court may enter an
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