2003 Senate Bill 685 ↩

House Roll Call 1071: Passed

To establish that a court may not issue an initial order of “assisted outpatient treatment” (AOT) for mental health reasons for longer than 180 days. An initial order for combined hospitalization and AOT could not exceed 180 days, with the hospitalization portion being not more than 60 days. A second order of assisted outpatient treatment could not exceed one year. See also Senate Bills 683 and 686.