Section 330.1468 - Disposition of person not requiring treatment; disposition of person requiring treatment.
MENTAL HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 1974
330.1468 Disposition of person not requiring treatment; disposition of person requiring treatment.
Sec. 468.
(1) If the court finds that an individual is not a person requiring treatment, the court shall enter a finding to that effect and, if the person has been hospitalized before the hearing, shall order that the person be discharged immediately.
(2) If an individual is found to be a person requiring treatment, the court shall do 1 of the following:
(a) Order the individual hospitalized in a hospital recommended by the community mental health services program.
(b) Order the individual hospitalized in a private or veterans administration hospital at the request of the individual or his or her family, if private or federal funds are to be utilized and if the hospital agrees. If the individual is hospitalized in a private or veterans administration hospital pursuant to this subdivision, any financial obligation for the hospitalization shall be satisfied from funding sources other than the community mental health services program, the department, or other state or county funding.
(c) Order the individual to undergo a program of treatment that is an alternative to hospitalization and that is recommended by the community mental health services program.
(d) Order the individual to undergo a program of combined hospitalization and alternative treatment as recommended by the community mental health services program.
History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 138, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1980 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 178, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1982 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996