Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 21. MENTALLY ILL

Part 1. Treatment of the Seriously Mentally Ill

Option For Diversion From Involuntary Commitment To Montana State Hospital

53-21-199. Option for diversion from involuntary commitment to Montana state hospital. (1) Subject to subsection (3), a person with a mental disorder who is detained under 53-21-120(4) may, upon meeting the requirements in 50-5-226(5), request diversion to a category D assisted living facility.

(2) If a court, after obtaining the results of an examination as provided in 53-21-123, finds that a short-term inpatient treatment is inappropriate for a person who otherwise is eligible for involuntary commitment to the Montana state hospital, the court may initiate the process necessary to determine eligibility for residency in a category D assisted living facility.

(3) For a person to be eligible for diversion from the Montana state hospital to a category D assisted living facility, a court determination and an examination under 53-21-123 must indicate that the person:

(a) is not suffering acute psychosis;

(b) is experiencing behavioral patterns that may make the person a danger to self or others;

(c) is dependent on assistance for two or more activities of daily living; and

(d) is more likely to benefit from being in a category D assisted living facility than in the Montana mental health nursing care center or the Montana state hospital.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 402, L. 2017; Sec. 50-5-224, MCA 2019; redes. 53-21-199 by Code Commissioner, 2019.