Sec. 102. Assisted outpatient treatment programs
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Section 2201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796ii ) is amended— by inserting
(a)before In general .— The Attorney General ; in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting before the semicolon the following: , or court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment when the court has determined such treatment to be necessary ; and by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment means a program through which a court may order a treatment plan for an eligible patient that— requires such patient to obtain outpatient mental health treatment while the patient is living in a community; and is designed to improve access and adherence by such patient to intensive behavioral health services in order to— avert relapse, repeated hospitalizations, arrest, incarceration, suicide, property destruction, and violent behavior; and provide such patient with the opportunity to live in a less restrictive alternative to incarceration or involuntary hospitalization. The term eligible patient means an adult, mentally ill person who, as determined by a court— has a history of violence, incarceration, or medically unnecessary hospitalizations; without supervision and treatment, may be a danger to self or others in the community; is substantially unlikely to voluntarily participate in treatment; may be unable, for reasons other than indigence, to provide for any of his or her basic needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, health, or safety; has a history of mental illness or condition that is likely to substantially deteriorate if the patient is not provided with timely treatment; or due to mental illness, lacks capacity to fully understand or lacks judgment to make informed decisions regarding his or her need for treatment, care, or supervision. .
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