ORS 426.301
Release of committed person

  • certification of continued mental illness
  • service of certificate
  • content
  • period of further commitment
  • effect of failure to protest further commitment

(1)

At the end of the 180-day period of commitment, any person whose status has not been changed to voluntary shall be released unless the Oregon Health Authority certifies to the court in the county where the treating facility is located that the person is still a person with mental illness and is in need of further treatment. The authority, pursuant to its rules, may delegate to the director of the treating facility the responsibility for making the certification. The director of the treating facility shall consult with the community mental health program director of the county of residence prior to making the certification. If the certification is made, the person will not be released, but the director of the treating facility shall immediately issue a copy of the certification to the person and to the community mental health program director of the county of residence.

(2)

The certification shall be served upon the person by the director of the facility where the person is confined or by the designee of the director. The director of the facility shall inform the court in writing that service has been made and the date thereof.

(3)

The certification shall advise the person of all the following:

(a)

That the authority or facility has requested that commitment be continued for an additional period of time.

(b)

That the person may consult with legal counsel and that legal counsel will be provided for the person without cost if the person is unable to afford legal counsel.

(c)

That the person may protest this further period of commitment within 14 days, and if the person does not protest the further commitment, commitment will be continued for an indefinite period of time up to 180 days.

(d)

That if the person does protest a further period of commitment, the person is entitled to a hearing before the court on whether commitment should be continued.

(e)

That the person may protest either orally or in writing by signing the form accompanying the certification.

(f)

That the person is entitled to have a physician or other qualified professional as recommended by the authority, other than a member of the staff at the facility where the person is confined, examine the person and report to the court the results of the examination.

(g)

That the person may subpoena witnesses and offer evidence on behalf of the person at the hearing.

(h)

That if the person is without funds to retain legal counsel or an examining physician or qualified professional as recommended by the authority, the court will appoint legal counsel, a physician or other qualified professional.

(4)

Nothing in subsection (3) of this section requires the giving of the warning under ORS 426.123 (Observation of person in custody).

(5)

When serving the certification upon the person, the authority shall read and deliver the certification to the person and ask whether the person protests a further period of commitment. The person may protest further commitment either orally or by signing a simple protest form to be given to the person with the certification. If the person does not protest a further period of commitment within 14 days of service of the certification, the authority or facility shall so notify the court and the court shall, without further hearing, order the commitment of the person for an additional indefinite period of time up to 180 days. [1973 c.838 §15; 1975 c.690 §19; 1987 c.903 §32; 2001 c.962 §60; 2009 c.595 §418; 2013 c.360 §54]

Source: Section 426.301 — Release of committed person; certification of continued mental illness; service of certificate; content; period of further commitment; effect of failure to protest further commitment, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors426.­html.

Law Review Citations

53 OLR 245-270 (1974)

426.005
Definitions for ORS 426.005 to 426.390
426.010
State hospitals for persons with mental illness
426.020
Superintendent
426.060
Commitment to Oregon Health Authority
426.070
Initiation
426.072
Care while in custody
426.074
Investigation
426.075
Notice and records of treatment prior to hearing
426.080
Execution and return of citation or warrant of detention
426.090
Citation
426.095
Commitment hearing
426.100
Advice of court
426.110
Appointment of examiners
426.120
Examination report
426.123
Observation of person in custody
426.125
Qualifications and requirements for conditional release
426.127
Outpatient commitment
426.129
Community liaison
426.130
Court determination of mental illness
426.133
Assisted outpatient treatment
426.135
Counsel on appeal
426.140
Place of confinement
426.150
Transportation to treatment facility
426.155
Release of information about person held in custody pending commitment proceeding or while committed or recommitted
426.160
Disclosure of record of commitment proceeding
426.170
Delivery of certified copy of record
426.180
Emergency commitment of individuals in Indian country
426.200
Duties following emergency admission
426.210
Limit of detention after commitment in emergency proceedings
426.217
Change of status of committed patient to voluntary patient
426.220
Voluntary admission
426.223
Retaking persons in custody of or committed to Oregon Health Authority
426.225
Voluntary admission to state hospital of committed person
426.228
Custody
426.231
Hold by licensed independent practitioner
426.232
Emergency admission
426.233
Authority of community mental health program director and of other individuals
426.234
Duties of professionals at facility where person admitted
426.235
Transfer between hospital and nonhospital facilities
426.236
Rules
426.237
Prehearing detention
426.238
Classifying facilities
426.241
Payment of care, custody and treatment costs
426.250
Payment of costs related to commitment proceedings
426.255
County to pay costs
426.273
Trial visits
426.275
Effect of failure to adhere to condition of placement
426.278
Distribution of copies of conditions for outpatient commitment or trial visit
426.292
Release prior to expiration of term of commitment
426.295
Judicial determination of competency
426.297
Payment of expenses for proceeding under ORS 426.295
426.300
Discharge of committed persons
426.301
Release of committed person
426.303
Effect of protest of further commitment
426.307
Court hearing
426.309
Effect of ORS 426.217 and 426.301 to 426.307 on other discharge procedure
426.310
Reimbursement of county expenses for commitment proceedings involving nonresidents
426.320
Payment of certain expenses by the state
426.330
Presentation and payment of claims
426.335
Limitations on liability
426.370
Withholding information obtained in certain commitment or admission investigations
426.380
Availability of writ of habeas corpus
426.385
Rights of committed persons
426.390
Construction
426.395
Posting of statement of rights of committed persons
426.415
Licensing of persons who may order and oversee use of restraint and seclusion in facilities providing mental health treatment to individuals under 21 years of age
426.490
Policy
426.495
Definitions for ORS 426.490 to 426.500
426.500
Powers and duties of Oregon Health Authority
426.502
Definitions for ORS 426.502 to 426.508
426.504
Power of Oregon Health Authority to develop community housing for persons with chronic mental illness
426.506
Community Mental Health Housing Fund
426.508
Sale of F. H. Dammasch State Hospital
426.510
“Sexually dangerous person” defined
426.650
Voluntary admission to state institution
426.670
Treatment programs for sexually dangerous persons
426.675
Determination of sexually dangerous persons
426.680
Trial visits for probationer
426.701
Commitment of “extremely dangerous” person with qualifying mental disorder
426.702
Discharge from commitment of extremely dangerous person with qualifying mental disorder
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