Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-702
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Prisoners in need of mental health treatment –
Official statutory text
Determination of ability to consent - Transfer to facility –
Discharge – Costs - Expiration of sentence - Commitment.
When a person confined in a penal or correctional institution or
reformatory of this state is evaluated as provided by law by a
licensed mental health professional to be a person requiring
treatment as defined in Section 1-103 of this title, the district
court may order the inmate’s transfer to a facility, or unit within
the Department of Corrections and make a determination of whether
the inmate is capable of consenting to or refusing treatment that is
ordered including, but not limited to, the right to refuse
medication, pursuant to the laws governing involuntary commitment,
where the inmate shall remain until the person in charge of the
correctional institution or unit, or the physician which received
the inmate determines that the inmate has improved to the point that
the inmate may be discharged pursuant to the laws of this title
governing discharge. If the sentence expires during the time of a
prisoner's involuntary commitment at the correctional institution,
and the prisoner is still a person requiring treatment, the person
in charge of the correctional institution shall immediately
instigate proceedings for commitment to the custody of the
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or to a
private facility willing to accept the person for treatment under
the procedures provided in this title.
Discharge – Costs - Expiration of sentence - Commitment.
When a person confined in a penal or correctional institution or
reformatory of this state is evaluated as provided by law by a
licensed mental health professional to be a person requiring
treatment as defined in Section 1-103 of this title, the district
court may order the inmate’s transfer to a facility, or unit within
the Department of Corrections and make a determination of whether
the inmate is capable of consenting to or refusing treatment that is
ordered including, but not limited to, the right to refuse
medication, pursuant to the laws governing involuntary commitment,
where the inmate shall remain until the person in charge of the
correctional institution or unit, or the physician which received
the inmate determines that the inmate has improved to the point that
the inmate may be discharged pursuant to the laws of this title
governing discharge. If the sentence expires during the time of a
prisoner's involuntary commitment at the correctional institution,
and the prisoner is still a person requiring treatment, the person
in charge of the correctional institution shall immediately
instigate proceedings for commitment to the custody of the
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or to a
private facility willing to accept the person for treatment under
the procedures provided in this title.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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