IF

(1) during the sixth month after discharge or after the last renewal the qualified mental health professional determines that:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-6-621

  • Hospital: means a public or private hospital or facility or part of a hospital or facility equipped to provide inpatient care and treatment for persons with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Mental illness: means a psychiatric disorder, alcohol dependence, or drug dependence, but does not include intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities as defined in title 52. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Qualified mental health professional: means a person who is licensed in the state, if required for the profession, and who is a psychiatrist. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Serious emotional disturbance: means a condition in a child who currently or at any time during the past year has had a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder of sufficient duration to meet psychiatric diagnostic criteria that results in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits the child's role or functioning in family, school, or community activities and includes any mental disorder, regardless of whether it is of biological etiology. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
(A) the person has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance or has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance in remission, AND
(B) the person’s condition resulting from mental illness or serious emotional disturbance is likely to deteriorate rapidly to the point that the person will pose a likelihood of serious harm under § 33-6-501 unless treatment is continued, AND
(C) the person is not likely to participate in outpatient treatment unless legally obligated to do so, AND
(D) mandatory outpatient treatment is a suitable less drastic alternative to commitment,

THEN

(2) the obligation to participate in outpatient treatment is renewed for six (6) months, AND
(3) the qualified mental health professional shall notify the person, the person’s attorney, the hospital that discharged the person, and the committing court of the decision and of the basis for it and of the person’s right to request a hearing in the committing court.
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