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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="16-302" title_number="16" title_name="Reimbursements and Collections" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Special Provisions as to Mental Health">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any individual is examined under a court order by a representative of the Behavioral Health Administration, a reasonable cost of the examination shall be assumed by this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration is subrogated to any right or right of action that the individual examined has under the terms of any insurance policy to recover the costs of these services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the examination is requested by the individual being examined:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The individual is responsible for payment of the appropriate fee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may ask and the court may require the individual to post a bond for payment of that fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
