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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-6A-01" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2030 PER CHAPTERS 703 AND 704 OF 2024" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="6A" subtitle_name="Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Assisted outpatient treatment” means a specific regimen of outpatient treatment for a serious and persistent mental illness to which an individual is ordered by the court to adhere.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Care coordination team” means a multidisciplinary team under the oversight of a local behavioral health authority, core service agency, or the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Harm to others” means an act or attempt at or credible threat of serious violent behavior toward others.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Harm to the individual” means self–harming behavior or an attempt at suicide.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Hospital” has the meaning stated in § 19–301 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Program” means an assisted outpatient treatment program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Serious and persistent mental illness” means a mental illness that is severe in degree and persistent in duration, that causes a substantially diminished level of functioning in the primary aspects of daily living and an inability to meet the ordinary demands of life, and that may lead to an inability to maintain independent functioning in the community without intensive treatment and support.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Treatment plan” means a plan developed by a care coordination team that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Incorporates all outpatient treatment services that are determined to be essential and available for the maintenance of an individual’s health and safety; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Includes, at a minimum:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Services of a treating psychiatrist;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Case management;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Services of a certified peer recovery specialist; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>If clinically appropriate, assertive community treatment services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
