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NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.17 - Discharge determination.

30:4-27.17 Discharge determination.  17. a. The treatment team at an outpatient treatment provider, short-term care or psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital shall, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections b. and c. of this section, administratively discharge a patient from involuntary commitment status if the treatment team determines that the patient no longer needs involuntary commitment to treatment. If a discharge plan has not been developed pursuant to section 18 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.18), it shall be developed forthwith. b. If the patient is confined pursuant to an order entered under section 15 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.15) in a case in which the Attorney General or a county prosecutor participated, the treatment team shall, no less than 10 days prior to the proposed date of administrative discharge, provide written notice to the committing court and to the person or persons who presented the case for involuntary commitment to treatment. If, within five days of receipt of such notice, a person who presented the case for commitment files a request for a hearing on the issue of continued need for commitment and serves notice of that request, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.13), the treatment team shall delay the administrative discharge and the court shall schedule a hearing on the issue. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided in section 15 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.15).  c. If the patient is confined pursuant to an order entered under N.J.S.2C:4-8 concerning acquittal of a criminal charge by reason of insanity or under N.J.S.2C:4-6 concerning lack of mental competence to stand trial, the treatment team shall, no less than 10 days prior to the proposed date of administrative discharge, provide written notice to the committing court and to the prosecutor. If, within five days of receipt of such notice, the prosecutor files a request for a hearing on the issue of continued need for commitment and serves notice of that request, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.13), the treatment team shall delay the administrative discharge and the court shall schedule a hearing on the issue. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided in section 15 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.15). L.1987, c.116, s.17; amended 1994, c.134, s.10; 1996, c.133, s.5; 2009, c.112, s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.18 - Discharge plan.

30:4-27.18 Discharge plan.  18. A person discharged either by the court or administratively from an outpatient treatment provider, short-term care or psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital shall have a discharge plan prepared by the treatment team at the facility or provider, as appropriate, pursuant to this section. The treatment team shall give the patient an opportunity to participate in the formulation of the discharge plan. In the case of patients committed to treatment at short-term care or psychiatric facilities, a community agency designated by the commissioner shall participate in the formulation of the plan. The facility shall advise the mental health agency of the date of the patient's discharge. The mental health agency shall provide follow-up care to the patient pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner.  In the case of patients assigned to outpatient treatment providers, the outpatient treatment provider shall participate in the formulation of the plan. This section does not preclude discharging a patient to an appropriate professional.  Psychiatric facilities shall give notice of the discharge to the county adjuster of the county in which the patient has legal settlement.  L.1987, c.116, s.18; amended 2009, c.112, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.18a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.18a - Reference to mean "in need of involuntary commitment to treatment."

30:4-27.18a Reference to mean "in need of involuntary commitment to treatment."  22. Whenever, in any rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to "in need of involuntary commitment" that term shall mean "in need of involuntary commitment to treatment" as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.2). L.2009, c.112, s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.19 - Interim financial assistance

30:4-27.19. Interim financial assistance  The chief executive officer of a State or county psychiatric facility, or his designee, may authorize the payment of interim financial assistance to discharged patients for living expenses, pending determination of public benefits entitlements, when this assistance is necessary and appropriate pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner. When public benefit entitlements are received, discharged patients shall reimburse the psychiatric facility for all interim financial assistance provided.  L. 1987, c. 116, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.20 - Discharge of voluntary patients

30:4-27.20. Discharge of voluntary patients  A voluntary patient at a short-term care or psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital shall be discharged by the treatment team at the patient's request. The treatment team shall document all requests for discharge, whether oral or written, in the patient's clinical record. The facility shall discharge the patient as soon as possible but in every case within 48 hours or at the end of the next working day from the time of the request, whichever is longer, except that if the treatment team determines that the patient needs involuntary commitment, the treatment team shall initiate court proceedings pursuant to section 10 of this act. The facility shall detain the patient beyond 48 hours or the end of the next working day from the time of the request for discharge, only if the court has issued a temporary court order.  L. 1987, c. 116, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.21 - Transfer of patients

30:4-27.21. Transfer of patients  21. a. A person involuntarily committed to a State psychiatric facility listed in R.S.30:1-7 may be transferred to another State psychiatric facility in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner that specify the clinical and programmatic factors and the procedures related to the transfer.  b. A person involuntarily committed to a State psychiatric facility may be transferred to a facility for psychiatric or medical care pursuant to an agreement between the department and that facility which specifies the clinical and programmatic factors and the procedures related to the transfer.  c. A developmentally disabled person who resides in a State developmental center or other residential functional services placement for the developmentally disabled who is in need of involuntary commitment shall be involuntarily committed to a State or county psychiatric facility. As a result of the involuntary commitment, the physical transfer of the developmentally disabled person from the developmental center or other residential functional services placement to a State or county psychiatric facility and from the facility back to the developmental center or other residential functional services placement shall be on a two-way commissioner's order of transfer, which order shall be in effect for as long as the person is involuntarily committed. The person is not required to file a new application for functional services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities upon transfer back to the developmental center or other residential functional services placement. The person's legal settlement shall remain unchanged and the person shall not gain or lose legal settlement because of the transfers.  L.1987,c.116,s.21; amended 1995,c.155,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.22 - Uniform detainer form

30:4-27.22. Uniform detainer form  a. If a person in custody awaiting trial on a criminal or disorderly persons charge is admitted or committed pursuant to this act, the law enforcement authority which transferred the person shall complete a uniform detainer form, as prescribed by the division, which shall specify the charge, law enforcement authority and other information which is clinically and administratively relevant. This form shall be submitted to the admitting facility along with the screening certificate or temporary court order directing that the person be admitted to the facility.  b. The division shall prepare the form with the approval of the Administrative Office of the Courts.  c. When the person is administratively or judicially discharged and is still under the authority of the law enforcement authority, that authority shall, within 48 hours of receiving notification of the discharge, take custody of the person.  L. 1987, c. 116, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.23 - Allowable costs

30:4-27.23. Allowable costs  Any costs incurred to comply with the provisions of this act will be considered allowable in establishment of rates, which are to be set in a regulatory environment.  L. 1987, c. 116, s. 31.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.24 - Short title

30:4-27.24. Short title  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Sexually Violent Predator Act." L.1998, c.71, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.25 - Findings, declarations relative to sexually violent predators

30:4-27.25. Findings, declarations relative to sexually violent predators  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Certain individuals who commit sex offenses suffer from mental abnormalities or personality disorders which make them likely to engage in repeat acts of predatory sexual violence if not treated for their mental conditions. b. Under the existing involuntary commitment procedure, persons are subject to commitment if they are mentally ill and dangerous to self, others or property. "Mental illness" is a current, substantial disturbance of thought, mood, perception or orientation which significantly impairs judgment, capacity to control behavior or capacity to recognize reality, which causes the person to be dangerous to self, others or property. The nature of the mental condition from which a sexually violent predator may suffer may not always lend itself to characterization under the existing statutory standard, although civil commitment may nonetheless be warranted due to the danger the person may pose to others as a result of the mental condition. c. Therefore, it is necessary to modify the involuntary civil commitment process in recognition of the need for commitment of those sexually violent predators who pose a danger to others should they be returned to society. d. Moreover, because of the nature of the mental conditions from which sexually violent predators suffer and the danger they present, it is necessary to house involuntarily committed sexually violent predators in an environment separate from persons committed under P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.1 et seq.) or otherwise confined. L.1998, c.71, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.29 - Court hearing

30:4-27.29. Court hearing  6. a. A person who is involuntarily committed pursuant to section 5 of this act shall receive a court hearing with respect to the issue of continuing need for involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator within 20 days from the date of the temporary commitment order. b. The Attorney General is responsible for presenting the case for the person's involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator to the court. c. A person subject to involuntary commitment shall have counsel present at the hearing and shall not be permitted to appear at the hearing without counsel. L.1998, c.71, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.30 - Notice of court hearing

30:4-27.30. Notice of court hearing  7. a. At least 10 days prior to a court hearing, the Attorney General shall cause notice of the court hearing to be served upon the person, the person's guardian if any, the person's next-of-kin, the person's attorney, the agency with jurisdiction having custody of the person and any other individual specified by the court. The notice shall contain the date, time and location of the court hearing. The person and the person's attorney shall also receive copies of the clinical certificates for a sexually violent predator and supporting documents, the temporary court order and a statement of the person's rights at the court hearing. b. A psychiatrist on the person's treatment team who has conducted a personal examination of the person as close to the court hearing date as possible, but in no event more than five calendar days prior to the court hearing, shall testify at the hearing to the clinical basis for the need for involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator. Other members of the person's treatment team and any other witness with relevant information offered by the person or the Attorney General shall also be permitted to testify at the hearing. c. The person's next-of-kin may attend and, if the court so determines, may testify at the court hearing. d. The court shall transcribe the court hearing and arrange for the payment of expenses related thereto in the same manner as for other court proceedings. L.1998, c.71, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.31 - Rights at court hearing

30:4-27.31. Rights at court hearing  8. A person subject to involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator has the following rights at a court hearing pursuant to section 7 and any subsequent review court hearing: a. The right to be represented by counsel or, if indigent, by appointed counsel; b. The right to be present at the court hearing unless the court determines that because of the person's conduct at the court hearing the proceeding cannot reasonably continue while the person is present; c. The right to present evidence; d. The right to cross-examine witnesses; and e. The right to a hearing in camera. L.1998, c.71, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.33 - Involuntary commitment of person lacking mental competence to stand trial

30:4-27.33. Involuntary commitment of person lacking mental competence to stand trial  10. If a person who has been civilly committed based upon a determination that the person lacked mental competence to stand trial pursuant to N.J.S.2C:4-6 is about to be released, and the person's involuntary commitment is sought pursuant to this act, the court shall first hear evidence and determine whether the person did commit the act charged. a. The rules of evidence applicable in criminal cases shall apply, and all constitutional rights available to a defendant at a criminal trial, other than the right to a trial by jury and the right not to be tried while incompetent, shall apply. b. After hearing evidence on this issue, the court shall make specific findings on whether the person did commit the act charged, the extent to which the person's lack of mental competence affected the outcome of the hearing, including its effect on the person's ability to consult with and assist counsel and to testify on the person's own behalf, the extent to which the evidence could be reconstructed without the assistance of the person and the strength of the prosecution's case. c. If, after the conclusion of the hearing on this issue, the court finds beyond a reasonable doubt that the person did commit the act charged, the court shall enter a final order, appealable by the person, on that issue and may proceed to consider whether the person should be committed pursuant to this act. L.1998, c.71, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.34 - Operation of facility for sexually violent predators; regulations

30:4-27.34. Operation of facility for sexually violent predators; regulations  11. a. The Department of Corrections shall be responsible for the operation of any facility designated for the custody, care and treatment of sexually violent predators, and shall provide or arrange for custodial care of persons committed pursuant to this act. Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection c. of section 9 of this act, a person committed pursuant to this act shall be kept in a secure facility and shall be housed and managed separately from offenders in the custody of the Department of Corrections and, except for occasional instances of supervised incidental contact, shall be segregated from such offenders. b. The Division of Mental Health Services in the Department of Human Services shall provide or arrange for treatment for a person committed pursuant to this act. Such treatment shall be appropriately tailored to address the specific needs of sexually violent predators. c. Appropriate representatives of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services shall participate in an interagency oversight board to facilitate the coordination of the policies and procedures of the facility. d. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10 of P.L.1965, c.59 (C.30:4-24.2) or any other law to the contrary, the rights and rules of conduct applicable to a person subject to involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator pursuant to P.L.1998, c.71 (C.30:4-27.24 et seq.) shall be established by regulation promulgated jointly by the Commissioner of Human Services and the Commissioner of Corrections, in consultation with the Attorney General. The regulations promulgated under this subsection shall take into consideration the rights of patients as set forth in section 10 of P.L.1965, c.59 (C.30:4-24.2), but shall specifically address the differing needs and specific characteristics of, and treatment protocols related to, sexually violent predators. In developing these regulations, the commissioners shall give due regard to security concerns and safety of the residents, treatment staff, custodial personnel and others in and about the facility. L.1998,c.71,s.11; amended 2003, c.156.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.35 - Annual court review hearing

30:4-27.35. Annual court review hearing  12. A person committed under this act shall be afforded an annual court review hearing of the need for involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator. The review hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided in section 7 of this act. If the court determines at a review hearing that involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator shall be continued, it shall execute a new order. The court shall conduct the first review hearing 12 months from the date of the first hearing, and subsequent review hearings annually thereafter. The court may schedule additional review hearings but, except in extraordinary circumstances, not more often than once every 30 days. L.1998, c.71, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.37 - Discharge plan

30:4-27.37. Discharge plan  14. A person discharged by the court shall have a discharge plan prepared by the treatment team at the facility designated for the custody, care and treatment of sexually violent predators, pursuant to this section. The treatment team shall give the person an opportunity to participate in the formulation of the discharge plan. L.1998, c.71, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-27.38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-27.38 - Written notice of release

30:4-27.38. Written notice of release  15. In addition to any other information required to be released under this act, prior to the release of a person committed under this act, the Department of Corrections shall give written notice of the person's release to the Attorney General or the prosecutor of the county in which the person was prosecuted for the sexually violent offense which rendered the person subject to commitment under this act, depending on which office prosecuted the person for the sexually violent offense. Upon receipt of such notice, the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, shall notify the Office of Victim and Witness Advocacy of the county in which the person was prosecuted and that office shall use any reasonable means available to it to give notice of the person's release to the victim of the sexually violent offense or the victim's nearest relative if the sexually violent offense resulted in death, which notice shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1985, c.404 (C.52:4B-44). The notice required under this section shall be given only if a request for such notification has been made by the victim or the victim's nearest relative, as the case may be, to the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, at the time the person was sentenced or committed. Failure to notify shall not be a reason for postponement of release. Nothing in this subsection shall create a cause of action against the State, county or any employee of the State or county acting within the scope of the employee's employment as a result of the failure to notify under this act. L.1998, c.71, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4-31 - Commitment of nonresidents

30:4-31. Commitment of nonresidents  A nonresident of this State may be committed to a mental hospital in this State in the same manner as residents may be admitted and committed. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 511, s. 11; L.1965, c. 59, s. 26.