42 USC 3418: Petition for inquiry into health and general condition and necessity for continuation of confinement; order for release from confinement and return to court; placing patient under posthospitalization treatment
Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 42-NARCOTIC ADDICT REHABILITATIONSUBCHAPTER II-CIVIL COMMITMENT OF PERSONS NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSE
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§3418. Petition for inquiry into health and general condition and necessity for continuation of confinement; order for release from confinement and return to court; placing patient under posthospitalization treatment
The court, upon the petition of any patient after his confinement pursuant to this subchapter for a period in excess of there months, shall inquire into the health and general condition of the patient and as to the necessity, if any, for his continued confinement. If the court finds, with or without a hearing, that his continued confinement is no longer necessary or desirable, it shall order the patient released from confinement and returned to the court. The court may, with respect to any such patient so returned, place such patient under a posthospitalization program in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 3417 of this title.
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