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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80218</law_id><section_number>16.1-340.4</section_number><catch_line>Involuntary commitment; preadmission screening report</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-340.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The juvenile and domestic relations district court shall require a preadmission screening report from the <span class="dictionary">community services board</span> that serves the area where the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> resides or, if impractical, where the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> is located. The report shall be prepared by an <span class="dictionary">employee</span> or designee of the <span class="dictionary">community services board</span>. The report shall be admitted as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> stated therein and shall state (i) whether the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> has <span class="dictionary">mental illness</span> and whether, because of <span class="dictionary">mental illness</span>, the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> (a) presents a serious danger to himself or others to the extent that severe or irremediable injury is likely to result, as evidenced by recent acts or threats, or (b) is experiencing a serious deterioration of his ability to care for himself in a developmentally age-appropriate manner, as evidenced by delusionary thinking or by a significant impairment of functioning in hydration, nutrition, self-protection, or self-control; (ii) whether the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> is in need of compulsory treatment for a <span class="dictionary">mental illness</span> and is reasonably likely to benefit from the proposed treatment; (iii) whether <span class="dictionary">inpatient treatment</span> is the <span class="dictionary">least restrictive alternative</span> that meets the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s needs; and (iv) the recommendations for the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s placement, care, and treatment including, where appropriate, recommendations for mandatory outpatient treatment. The board shall provide the preadmission screening report to <span class="dictionary">the court</span> prior to the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, and the report shall be admitted into <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and made part of the record of the case.</p></section></text><history>2010, cc. 778, 825.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
