Tennessee § 41-21-223 Complaint for judicial commitment of person scheduled for release to hospital or treatment resource - Stay of release pending completion of hearing

Tennessee Statutes

§ 41-21-223 — Complaint for judicial commitment of person scheduled for release to hospital or treatment resource - Stay of release pending completion of hearing

If the commissioner of correction determines from an examination that a person who is in the custody of the department of correction has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance poses a substantial likelihood of serious harm, as defined in § 33-6-501 , then the commissioner shall, no less than thirty (30) days before the person's scheduled release from a correctional facility, file a complaint with the clerk of the court that has jurisdiction under § 33-3-603 for the judicial commitment of the person to a hospital or treatment resource pursuant to title 33, chapter 6, part 5. The clerk shall serve to the person a copy of the complaint pursuant to § 33-3-605 , and shall send a copy of the complaint to the district a

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If the commissioner of correction determines from an examination that a person who is in the custody of the department of correction has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance poses a substantial likelihood of serious harm, as defined in § 33-6-501 , then the commissioner shall, no less than thirty (30) days before the person's scheduled release from a correctional facility, file a complaint with the clerk of the court that has jurisdiction under § 33-3-603 for the judicial commitment of the person to a hospital or treatment resource pursuant to title 33, chapter 6, part 5. The clerk shall serve to the person a copy of the complaint pursuant to § 33-3-605 , and shall send a copy of the complaint to the district attorney general with jurisdiction in that district. A complaint filed under this section stays the release of the person pending completion of a hearing pursuant to title 33, chapter 3, part 6.

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Legislative History

Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 504,s 1, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1955, ch. 204, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; 1977, ch. 387, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-349; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 8C.