Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 33.120 - Notification of mental health commitment(a) The notification of mental health commitment and adjudication of incompetence shall be consistent in form and format throughout this Commonwealth. The notification form and format shall be prescribed by the State Police and used by the judges of the courts of common pleas, mental health review officers and county mental health and mental retardation administrators for notifying the State Police of individuals who have been adjudicated as an incompetent or who have been involuntarily committed to a mental institution for impatient care and treatment under section 302, 303 or 304 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (50 P. S. §§ 7102, 7103 and 7104). Following a notification submitted to the State Police that inpatient care was necessary for a person or that a person was commitable, if an examining physician subsequently determines that no severe mental disability existed pursuant to section 302(b) of the Mental Health Care Procedures Act, that examining physician shall utilize the form and format to provide notice to the State Police to expunge the previously submitted notification in accordance with section 6111.1(g)(3) of the act (relating to Pennsylvania State Police).(b) It is the responsibility of the judges of the courts of common pleas, mental health review officers and county mental health and mental retardation administrators to ensure the notification provides complete and accurate information. The notification shall include: The full name of the individual who was involuntarily committed or adjudicated incompetent, at least one numeric identifier (date of birth or Social Security number, or both), and physical description; notification of the type of commitment and date of the commitment or adjudication of incompetence; the county submitting the information, and name, address and telephone number of the notifying official; examining physician's certification on 302 commitments; facility where the commitment occurred; court case number and date of court order, where applicable. The notification shall be made to the State Police by the judges of the courts of common pleas, mental health review officers and mental health and mental retardation administrators within 7 days of the adjudication, commitment or treatment, or determination by an examining physician of the lack of severe mental disability following the initial commitment as set forth in subsection (a), by the form and format prescribed by the State Police. Notification made by mail, shall be directed to the Pennsylvania State Police, Attention: Firearm Division, PICS Operations, 1800 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. The envelope shall be marked "Confidential."The provisions of this § 33.120 adopted February 23, 2001, effective 2/24/2001, 31 Pa.B. 1145.