* § 9.60 Assisted outpatient treatment.\n (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following\ndefinitions shall apply:\n (1) "assisted outpatient treatment" shall mean categories of\noutpatient services which have been ordered by the court pursuant to\nthis section. Such treatment shall include case management services or\nassertive community treatment team services to provide care\ncoordination, and may also include any of the following categories of\nservices: medication; periodic blood tests or urinalysis to determine\ncompliance with prescribed medications; individual or group therapy; day\nor partial day programming activities; educational and vocational\ntraining or activities; alcohol or substance abuse treatment and\ncounseling and periodic tests for the presence of alcohol or illegal\ndrugs for persons with a history of alcohol or substance abuse;\nsupervision of living arrangements; and any other services within a\nlocal services plan developed pursuant to article forty-one of this\nchapter, prescribed to treat the person's mental illness and to assist\nthe person in living and functioning in the community, or to attempt to\nprevent a relapse or deterioration that may reasonably be predicted to\nresult in suicide or the need for hospitalization.\n (2) "director" shall mean the director of community services of a\nlocal governmental unit, or the director of a hospital licensed or\noperated by the office of mental health which operates, directs and\nsupervises an assisted outpatient treatment program.\n (3) "director of community services" and "local governmental unit"\nshall have the same meanings as provided in article forty-one of this\nchapter. The "appropriate director" shall mean the director of community\nservices of the county where the assisted outpatient resides, even if it\nis a different county than the county where the assisted outpatient\ntreatment order was originally issued.\n (4) "assisted outpatient treatment program" shall mean a system to\narrange for and coordinate the provision of assisted outpatient\ntreatment, to monitor treatment compliance by assisted outpatients, to\nevaluate the condition or needs of assisted outpatients, to take\nappropriate steps to address the needs of such individuals, and to\nensure compliance with court orders.\n (5) "assisted outpatient" shall mean the person under a court order to\nreceive assisted outpatient treatment.\n (6) "subject of the petition" or "subject" shall mean the person who\nis alleged in a petition, filed pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection, to meet the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment.\n (7) "correctional facility" and "local correctional facility" shall\nhave the same meanings as provided in section two of the correction law.\n (8) "health care proxy" and "health care agent" shall have the same\nmeanings as provided in article twenty-nine-C of the public health law.\n (9) "program coordinator" shall mean an individual appointed by the\ncommissioner of mental health, pursuant to subdivision (f) of section\n7.17 of this chapter, who is responsible for the oversight and\nmonitoring of assisted outpatient treatment programs.\n (b) Programs. The director of community services of each local\ngovernmental unit shall operate, direct and supervise an assisted\noutpatient treatment program. The director of a hospital licensed or\noperated by the office of mental health may operate, direct and\nsupervise an assisted outpatient treatment program, upon approval by the\ncommissioner. Directors of community services shall be permitted to\nsatisfy the provisions of this subdivision through the operation of\njoint assisted outpatient treatment programs. Nothing in this\nsubdivision shall be interpreted to preclude the combination or\ncoordination of efforts between and among local governmental units and\nhospitals in providing and coordinating assisted outpatient treatment.\n (c) Criteria. A person may be ordered to receive
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