632.355. Additional detention or period of outpatient detention and treatment may be ordered, when.
Additional detention or period of outpatient detention and treatmentmay be ordered, when.
632.355. 1. At the expiration of the ninety-day inpatient commitmentperiod ordered by the court pursuant to section 632.350, the respondent maybe detained and treated as an involuntarily inpatient for an additionalperiod of time not to exceed one year or such lesser period of time asdetermined by the court or may be detained for outpatient detention andtreatment for a period of time not to exceed one hundred eighty days;provided, that:
(1) The respondent is mentally ill and continues to present alikelihood of serious harm to himself or to others; and
(2) The court after a hearing orders the person detained and treatedfor the additional period.
2. Within the ninety-day commitment period, the head of the mentalhealth program or the mental health coordinator may file or cause to befiled, in compliance with the requirements of section 632.330, a petitionfor a one-year inpatient detention and treatment period or a petition foroutpatient detention and treatment for a period not to exceed one hundredeighty days if he has reasonable cause to believe that the respondent ismentally ill and as a result presents a likelihood of serious harm tohimself or others, and that further detention and treatment is necessarypursuant to an individualized treatment plan prepared by the program andfiled with the court. Procedures specified in sections 632.340, 632.345and 632.350 shall be followed.
3. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the court or jury finds thatthe respondent, as the result of mental illness, presents a likelihood ofserious harm to himself or others, and the court finds that a programappropriate to handle the respondent's condition has agreed to accept him,the court shall order that the respondent be detained for involuntarytreatment in the least restrictive environment for a period not to exceedone year or for outpatient detention and treatment under the supervision ofa mental health program in the least restrictive environment for a periodnot to exceed one hundred eighty days.
(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)