Services Included in Order for Assisted Outpatient

Treatment.

(a)An initial assisted treatment order directing care on an outpatient basis must include provisions for intensive case management.

(b)The order may also require the patient to make use of and care providers to supply any or all of the following categories of services to the individual:

(1)medication;

(2)periodic blood tests or urinalysis to determine compliance with treatment;

(3)individual or group therapy;

(4)day or partial day programming activities;

(5)educational and vocational training or activities;

(6)alcohol or substance abuse treatment and counseling, and periodic tests for the presence of alcohol or illegal drugs for persons with a history of alcohol or substance abuse;

(7)supervision of living arrangements; and

(8)any other services prescribed to treat the person’s mental illness and to assist the person in living and functioning in the community, or to attempt to prevent a relapse or deterioration.

(c)Any material modifications of the provisions of the assisted treatment order to which the patient does not agree must be approved by the court. 2015 SOURCE: Subsection designations added pursuant to authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606. COL622016 CH. 82A ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT