                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; PREADMISSION SCREENING REPORT (§ 16.1-340.4)

The juvenile and domestic relations district court shall require a preadmission
screening report from the community services board that serves the area where
the minor resides or, if impractical, where the minor is located. The report
shall be prepared by an employee or designee of the community services board.
The report shall be admitted as evidence of the facts stated therein and shall
state (i) whether the minor has mental illness and whether, because of mental
illness, the minor (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
minor is in need of compulsory treatment for a mental illness and is reasonably
likely to benefit from the proposed treatment; (iii) whether inpatient treatment
is the least restrictive alternative that meets the minor&#8217;s needs; and
(iv) the recommendations for the minor&#8217;s placement, care, and treatment
including, where appropriate, recommendations for mandatory outpatient
treatment. The board shall provide the preadmission screening report to the
court prior to the hearing, and the report shall be admitted into evidence and
made part of the record of the case.

HISTORY: 2010, cc. 778, 825.