13-3999. Hearing on expiration of jurisdiction
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A. At least thirty days before the expiration of jurisdiction over a person pursuant to section 13-502, the court shall set an expiration hearing and order the treatment supervisor to provide to the court and the parties a mental health report. The mental health report must include an evaluation of whether the person may be a danger to self or others or has a persistent and acute or grave disability and whether the person meets the criteria for involuntary hospitalization pursuant to title 36, chapter 5.
B. At an expiration hearing and based on the evidence presented, the court may allow jurisdiction to expire without further action or may order the county attorney of the committing county to begin proceedings for court-ordered evaluation pursuant to title 36, chapter 5.
C. If the court orders an evaluation for a person who resides in the community, the order must require the person's appearance at a specified time and location and participation in the evaluation before the expiration of jurisdiction. The treatment supervisor shall assist the person with securing transportation to the location of the evaluation.
D. If the court orders an evaluation for a person who resides in a secure mental health facility, the court must order the sheriff of the committing county to transport the person at a specified time and location so that the person may participate in the evaluation before the expiration of supervisory jurisdiction over the person.