AOT isnt available in Montgomery County and the county is not participating in the upcoming pilot programs. Act 77 (the Mental Health Procedures Act-Omnibus Amendments Act of Jul. Adolescents under the age of 14 years may be admitted on a voluntary admission by a parent or legal guardian. Involuntary admission to an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (also known as a "302") occurs when the patient does not agree to hospitalization on a locked inpatient psychiatric unit, but a mental health professional evaluates the patient and believes that, as a result of mental illness, the patient is at risk of harming self or others, or is Five counties across the state Bucks and Dauphin, along with Carbon, Monroe and Pike, which operate their mental health services together are gearing up to launch Pennsylvanias first assisted outpatient treatment pilot programs by 2023, if not sooner, thanks to grant funds provided by the state. Mental health administrators in Bucks and at the Carbon, Monroe and Pike County mental health program said they are cautiously optimistic that their pilot programs could help get people into treatment, but they still have concerns. 321 0 obj <> endobj PublicSource is a part of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative, a group of newsrooms covering challenges and solutions to accessing mental health care in the United States. She hopes to launch the counties AOT pilot by March 2023. The reality is almost every single person who would meet criteria for AOT would have it fully paid for by Medicaid, Berger said. Events We Can't Ignore the Detrimental Effects of Involuntary Mental Health All but three states Connecticut, Maryland and Massachusetts have laws authorizing some sort of involuntary outpatient treatment, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center, a national nonprofit organization that advocates for the court-ordered services. 201 (voluntary) you can't 302 them (do an involuntary commitment." mentally ill, but these conditions of themselves shall not be deemed to constitute mental illness: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall prohibit underutilized State facilities for the mentally ill to be made available for the treatment of alcohol abuse A 302 petition guarantees that an individual will receive an emergency evaluation. is in need of involuntary examination and treatment. However, rather than framing the question as to whether outpatient commitment orders are effective as if comparing Drug A to Drug B it appears to be more appropriate to ask, Under what conditions, and for whom, can involuntary outpatient commitment orders be effective? the report concludes.
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