Health & Benefits

Explains the process for getting a loved one admitted to a mental health facility.

If you need immediate hospitalization to protect yourself or others from physical harm, you may be admitted through the admission by emergency certification process.

Information about rights in a voluntary or involuntary admission, transfer, and discharge.

Describes when children may receive outpatient mental health care without parental consent, and explains the special rules that govern the hospitalization and discharge of children from mental health care facilities.

Learn about the process of voluntary and informal admission to a mental health facility for adults.

Examines the procedures that must be followed to ensure that a patient who is involuntarily admitted receives a fair hearing.

Information for people who get Mental Health and Developmental Disability services about your legal medical rights.

Explains the process for getting a loved one to receive outpatient treatment for a mental illness.

Describes the rules and patient rights which apply to all types of admissions to a mental health facility.

Explains the process of getting an order for detention and examination.

Explains options for people who have a loved one with a severe mental illness.

Overview of ways to help a loved one with mental illness at risk of harming themselves.

If you do not pose an immediate danger to yourself or others, you are entitled to have a court hearing before you are admitted to a mental health facility.

Explains what an inpatient admission order is and how to get one for a loved one who has severe mental illness.

Describes the general rules governing transfers and a patient's rights to notice of their upcoming transfer between mental health facilities.

Learn when you can appeal mental health care decisions, the steps in an appeal, and resources that can help.

Explains outpatient commitment orders and how to get one for a loved one with a severe mental illness.

You should not be forced to enter a mental health facility against your wishes unless you have a mental illness, and 1) are expected to cause serious harm to yourself or others in the near future; or 2) are unable to take care of your physical needs, causing a risk of serious harm.