Collection: Court Ordered Treatment (COT)

 We offer court ordered treatment in our outpatient
program under the following conditions:

• The member does not require continuous inpatient hospitalization; if combined inpatient treatment is part of the court order, we will collaborate with the inpatient facility for an agreement to combine the outpatient treatment services.
• The member will not likely become dangerous or suffer more serious physical harm or
serious illness or further deterioration if the member follows a prescribed outpatient
treatment plan.
• We will not use the services of any person, agency or organization to supervise a
member’s outpatient treatment program unless the person, agency or organization has
agreed to provide these services in the individual member's case unless the court order
has determined that the member requires additional supervision while receiving
outpatient treatment.
• If our BHP determines that the member is not complying with the terms of the order or
that the outpatient treatment plan is no longer appropriate and the member needs inpatient treatment, we will notify the court, and the court without a hearing and based on the court record, the member’s medical record, the affidavits and recommendations of the BHP, and the advice of staff and physicians or the psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner familiar with the treatment of the member, may enter an order amending its original order. The amended order may alter the outpatient treatment plan or order the member to inpatient treatment. We will then discharge the member.