2022 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 13 - Criminal Code
§ 13-3997 - Hearing on motion of a person under the jurisdiction of the court
13-3997. Hearing on motion of a person under the jurisdiction of the court
A. A person who is under the jurisdiction of the court may request and the court shall grant a hearing not sooner than one hundred twenty days after the person is committed to a secure mental health facility. After the initial hearing or any subsequent hearing, a person may request and the court shall grant a hearing not sooner than twenty months after the previous hearing.
B. The court, with sufficient cause, may grant a motion for a hearing by the person at any time.
C. If the person is requesting a change in conditional release status, the request must include a proposed form of order and may be accompanied by a mental health report.
D. If the person is conditionally released to the community and believes that rehospitalization is necessary to protect the person's safety or the safety of the public, the person may present himself to the outpatient treatment supervisor and request that the outpatient treatment supervisor consult with the secure mental health facility and request that the chief medical officer for the secure mental health facility sign an order for immediate readmission to the secure mental health facility. The court shall set a hearing pursuant to section 13-3998. The inpatient and outpatient treatment supervisors shall submit a mental health report to the court within seven days after the person is readmitted.
