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Rules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Voluntary Admission (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends adopting one rule of court and six forms to conform to recent statutory changes enacted by Assembly Bill 2317 (Ramos; Stats. 2022, ch. 589) regarding court oversight of the voluntary admission of a child, nonminor, or nonminor dependent to a psychiatric residential treatment facility.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2024:
1. Adopt rule 5.619 to clarify and establish noticing requirements, and to require the use of the forms recommended in this report;
2. Adopt Ex Parte Application for Voluntary Admission to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (form JV-172) as a mandatory form for use by the social worker or probation officer to request a court order authorizing a voluntary admission to a psychiatric residential treatment facility;
3. Adopt Proof of Notice of Hearing on Application for Voluntary Admission to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (form JV-173) as a mandatory form for use by the social worker or probation officer to inform the court of the parties who received notice of the hearing on the application for voluntary admission;
4. Adopt Order on Application for Voluntary Admission to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (form JV-174) as a mandatory form for the court to make orders regarding the application for voluntary admission;
5. Adopt Review of Voluntary Admission of Child to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (form JV-175) as a mandatory form to record the court's findings and orders regarding a child at the hearings held 60 days after the admission, and every 30 days thereafter, to review the placement in the facility based on the medical necessity of that placement;
6. Adopt Review of Voluntary Admission...
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