CHAPTER 135-C NEW HAMPSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM
Nonemergency Involuntary Admissions
Section 135-C:50
135-C:50 Conditions of Conditional Discharge. –
I. The administrator, or designee, of a receiving facility may grant a conditional discharge under this chapter to any person who consents, by an informed decision, to participate in continuing treatment on an out-patient basis, who agrees to be subject to any rules adopted by the commissioner relative to conditional discharge, and who understands the conditions of his or her discharge. The administrator of the facility or the administrator's designee shall prepare, deliver a copy of, and read to the person being conditionally discharged a written statement of the conditions of conditional discharge and a warning that violation of those conditions may result in revocation of the conditional discharge pursuant to RSA 135-C:51.
II. A conditional discharge shall not exceed the period of time remaining on the order of involuntary admission and shall become absolute at the end of its term.
III. During the term of conditional discharge, the person conditionally discharged shall be provided with continuing treatment on an out-patient basis by a community mental health program approved by the commissioner or by transitional housing program services.