mental health; intensive treatment orders
What changed between versions
Removed duplicate and contradictory text regarding the criteria for determining if a patient is chronically resistant to treatment, replacing it with a single, detailed section outlining specific evidence requirements.
Updated the definition of 'intensive treatment services' to explicitly include residential placement and medically necessary nonemergency transportation, while removing references to 'housing' and 'safe, reliable and adequate transportation'.
Changed the requirement for the intensive treatment services plan to be approved by the medical director of the 'agency or organization' rather than the 'person, agency or organization', removing the option for individual approval.
Revised the condition for non-adherence to treatment to include 'serious harm or threats of serious harm to others' as a specific outcome.
Added a specific requirement that the court's finding on chronic resistance must be based on evidence of the person's unwillingness or inability to participate in treatment without an intensive treatment order.