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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-6A-09" 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 section, “material change” means an addition or a deletion of a category of services to or from the treatment plan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At any time during the period of an order for assisted outpatient treatment, a petitioner, a care coordination team member, or a respondent may move that the court stay, vacate, or modify the order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A respondent under an order under this subtitle is not required to comply with a material change to the treatment plan unless the material change is explicitly authorized in advance by the terms of the order or incorporated by the court on a finding by clear and convincing evidence that the material change is essential to the maintenance of the respondent’s health or safety.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, not later than 30 days after receiving a motion, and any timely responses to the motion, for a material change to the incorporated treatment plan, the court shall issue a ruling on the motion and any timely responses to the motion.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the respondent informs the court that the respondent agrees to the proposed material change, the court may incorporate the material change into the treatment plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A respondent under an assisted outpatient treatment order is required to comply with nonmaterial changes to the treatment plan without further action by the court.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section may not be construed to require a treating psychiatrist to delay changes to the respondent’s treatment plan as circumstances may immediately require.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a treating psychiatrist makes a change to a treatment plan due to immediate necessity, a care coordination team member shall notify the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The respondent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The respondent’s attorney; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If applicable and known, the respondent’s guardian and health care agent.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
