Alabama § 22-52-10.2 Findings Necessary for Outpatient Treatment

Alabama Statutes

§ 22-52-10.2 — Findings Necessary for Outpatient Treatment

Alabama § 22-52-10.2

Title 22Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control

Ch. 52Commitment, Discharge and Transfer of Persons in State Institutions

Art. 1Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons Generally

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Ala. Code § 22-52-10.2 (2026).

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(a)A respondent may be committed to outpatient treatment if the judge of probate, based upon clear and convincing evidence, finds all of the following:

(1)The respondent has a mental illness or a mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder.

(2)As a result of the mental illness or mental illness with secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder, the respondent, if not treated, will suffer mental distress and experience deterioration of the ability to function independently.

(3)The respondent is unable to maintain consistent engagement with outpatient treatment on a voluntary basis, as demonstrated by either of the following: a. The respondent’s actions occurring within the two-year period immediately preceding the hearing. b. Specific a

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(a) A respondent may be committed to outpatient treatment if the judge of probate, based upon clear and convincing evidence, finds all of the following: (1) The respondent has a mental illness or a mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder.
(2) As a result of the mental illness
or mental illness with secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder,
the respondent, if not treated, will suffer mental distress and experience deterioration of the ability to function independently.
(3) The respondent is unable to maintain consistent engagement with outpatient treatment on a voluntary basis, as demonstrated by either of the following:
a. The respondent’s actions occurring within the two-year period immediately preceding the hearing.
b. Specific aspects of the respondent’s clinical condition that significantly impair the respondent’s ability to consistently make rational and informed decisions as to whether to participate in treatment for mental illness.
(b) Upon a recommendation made by the designated mental health facility currently providing outpatient treatment that the respondent’s outpatient commitment order should be renewed, a judge of probate may enter an order to renew the commitment order upon the expiration of time allotted for treatment by the original outpatient treatment order if the
judge of
probate
finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence, all of the following:
(1) The respondent has a mental illness
or a mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder
.
(2) As a result of the mental illness
or mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder
, the respondent, if treatment is not continued, will suffer mental distress and experience deterioration of the ability to function independently.
(3) The respondent remains unable to maintain consistent engagement with outpatient treatment on a voluntary basis.