• Final hearing is set to be within 14 days of probable cause hearing and determines if the person has a mental health disorder, substance use disorder, or developmental disabilities and is a proper subject for a commitment. • At the final hearing one of the following occurs: o Dismissal. o A determination whether a protective placement is a better option. o A commitment order to the care and custody of the appropriate county department for six months, with potential renewals. o An individual with alcoholism is committed to county for 90 days. An individual can agree to participate in voluntary treatment at any time during the detention or commitment process of an involuntary commitment, which will stop the process. A certified peer specialist may be on a team providing services to someone on an involuntary commitment. It is beyond the scope of a certified peer specialist to participate in the involuntary commitment process. Facilitator note: Share with participants that these regulations show up on the exam. Reviewing these regulations will clarify the role of a certified peer specialist. Go over participant questions. Ask participants, “How does the knowledge of federal and state regulation support you in the advocating process as a certified peer specialist?”
FURTHER READING: Wisconsin State Law Library – Mental Health https://wilawlibrary.gov/topics/medlaw/mentalhealth.php
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