Involuntary Treatment Act. Mental Health (ITA-MH) allows for Individuals to be committed by court order to a mental hospital or institution for a limited period of time. Involuntary civil commitments are meant to provide for the evaluation and treatment of individuals with a mental disorder and who may be either gravely disabled or pose a danger to themselves or others, and who refuse or are unable to enter treatment on their own. An initial detention may last up to seventy-two (72) hours, but, if necessary, Individuals can be committed for additional periods of fourteen (14), ninety (90), and one hundred-eighty (180) calendar days (RCW 71.05.240).
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Samples: Provider Contract, Contract for Participation in the GRBH Aso Network, Provider Contract
Involuntary Treatment Act. Mental Health (ITA-MH) allows for Individuals to be committed by court order to a mental hospital or institution for a limited period of time. Involuntary civil commitments are meant to provide for the evaluation and treatment of individuals with a mental disorder and who may be either gravely disabled or pose a danger to themselves or others, and who refuse or are unable to enter treatment on their own. An initial detention may last up to seventy-two (72) hours, but, if necessary, Individuals can be committed for additional periods of fourteen (14), ninety (90), and one hundred-eighty (180) calendar days (RCW 71.05.240Chapter 71.05 RCW).
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Samples: Provider Contract
Involuntary Treatment Act. Mental Health ({ITA-MH) allows for Individuals to be committed by court order to a mental hospital or institution for a limited period of time. Involuntary civil commitments are meant to provide for the evaluation and treatment of individuals Individuals with a mental disorder and who may be either gravely disabled or pose a danger to themselves or others, and who refuse or are unable to enter treatment on their own. An initial detention may last up to seventy-two (72) hours, but, if necessary, Individuals can be committed for additional periods of fourteen (14), ninety (90), and one hundred-eighty (180) 180 calendar days (RCW 71.05.24071 .05.240).
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Samples: State Mental Health Agreement
