Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
Section 895 - [Effective Until 8/1/2024] Commitment to mental institutionA. In cases in which a child has been adjudicated a delinquent, the court may commit him to a public or private mental institution or institution for persons with mental illness if the court finds, based on psychological or psychiatric evaluation, that the child has a mental disorder, other than an intellectual disability, which has a substantial adverse effect on his ability to function and requires care and treatment in an institution.B. This finding shall not be made unless the child is accorded his right to special counsel in accordance with Article 809(C).Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 811, §33, eff. June 23, 2014.Amended by Acts 2014, No. 811,s. 33, eff. 6/23/2014.Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. 1/1/1992.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.