Chapter 59 — PROBATE CODE

59-29b47. Computation of time. (a) In computing the date upon or by which any act must be done or hearing held by under provisions of this article, the day on which an act or event occurred and from which a designated period of time is to be calculated shall not be included, but …

59-29b48. Civil rights of persons subject to the provisions of this act. (a) The fact that a person may have voluntarily accepted any form of treatment for an alcohol or substance abuse problem, or become subject to a court order entered under authority of this act, shall not be …

59-29b49. Voluntary admission to treatment facility; application; written information to be given voluntary patient. (a) A person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem may be admitted to a treatment facility as a voluntary patient when there are available accommodations and …

59-29b50. Discharge of a voluntary patient. The head of a treatment facility shall discharge any voluntary patient whose treatment in the facility is determined by the head of the treatment facility to have reached maximum benefit. Prior to the discharge, the head of the treatmen…

59-29b51. Right to discharge of voluntary patient; procedure. (a) A voluntary patient shall be entitled to be discharged from a treatment facility, by the head of the treatment facility, by no later than the third day, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after receipt of t…

59-29b52. Petition for involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient. The head of a treatment facility or other person may file a petition pursuant to K.S.A. 59-29b57 and amendments thereto seeking involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient who now lacks capacity to make an in…

59-29b53. Investigation; emergency detention; authority and duty of law enforcement officers. (a) Any law enforcement officer who has a reasonable belief formed upon investigation that a person may be a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to involuntary comm…

59-29b54. Emergency observation and treatment; authority of treatment facility's procedure. (a) A treatment facility may admit and detain any person for emergency observation and treatment upon an ex parte emergency custody order issued by a district court pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2…

59-29b55. Notice of right to communicate upon admission; notice of admission; notice of rights. (a) Whenever any person is involuntarily admitted to or detained at a facility pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-29b54 and amendments thereto, or pursuant to an ex parte e…

59-29b56. Emergency observation; discharge. The head of the facility shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 59-29b54 and amendments thereto when the ex parte emergency custody order expires, and shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to sub…

59-29b57. Petition for determination of whether person has alcohol or substance abuse problem; request for ex parte emergency custody order; content. (a) A verified petition to determine whether or not a person is a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to inv…

59-29b58. Ex parte emergency custody order. (a) At the time the petition for the determination of whether a person is a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment is filed, or any time thereafter prior to the trial u…

59-29b59. Temporary custody order; request for; procedure. (a) At the time that the petition for determination of whether a person is a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem is filed, or any time thereafter prior to the trial upon the petition as provided for in K.S.A…

59-29b60. Preliminary orders; continuances and advancement of trial. (a) Upon the filing of the petition provided for in K.S.A. 59-29b57, and amendments thereto, the district court shall issue the following: (1) An order fixing the time and place of the trial upon the petition. S…

59-29b61. Order for evaluation; procedure. (a) The order for an evaluation required by K.S.A. 59-29b60(a)(5), and amendments thereto, shall be served in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 59-29b63(c) and (d), and amendments thereto. It shall order the proposed patient to submit to…

59-29b62. Evaluation; hearing in noncustodial circumstances. Whenever a proposed patient who is not subject to a temporary custody order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 59-29b59 and amendments thereto requests a hearing pursuant to this section, a hearing shall be held within a reasona…

59-29b63. Notice; contents. (a) Notice as required by subsection (a)(6) of K.S.A. 59-29b60, and amendments thereto, shall be given to the proposed patient named in the petition, the proposed patient's legal guardian if there is one, the attorney appointed to represent the propose…

59-29b64. Continuance of hearings; order of referral for short-term treatment. (a) The patient at any time may request, in writing, that any further proceedings be continued for not more than three months so that the court may make an order of continuance and referral for short-t…

59-29b65. Trial upon the petition; procedure. (a) Trial upon the petition shall be held at the time and place specified in the court's order issued pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 59-29b60 and amendments thereto unless a continuance as provided in K.S.A. 59-29b60 or 59-29b64…

59-29b66. Order for treatment; dismissal. (a) Upon the completion of the trial, if the court or jury finds by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed patient is a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment un…

59-29b67. Order for outpatient treatment; revocation; noncompliance; ex parte emergency custody orders; reviews. (a) An order for outpatient treatment may be entered by the court at any time in lieu of any type of order which would have required inpatient care and treatment if th…

59-29b68. Reserved. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTH…

59-29b69. Hearing to review status of patient; procedure. (a) At least 14 days prior to the end of each period of treatment, as set out in the court order for such treatment, the head of the treatment facility furnishing treatment to the patient shall cause to be filed with the c…

59-29b70. Transportation. The court may issue orders providing for the transportation of patients as necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. All orders of ex parte emergency custody, temporary custody, referral or treatment may authorize a relative or other suitable p…

59-29b71. Change of venue. (a) At any time after the petition provided for in K.S.A. 59-29b57, and amendments thereto, has been filed venue may be transferred in accordance with this section. (1) Prior to trial required by K.S.A. 59-29b65, and amendments thereto, and before the e…

59-29b72. Reserved. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTH…

59-29b73. Discharge. (a) When any proposed patient or involuntary patient has been admitted to any treatment facility pursuant to K.S.A. 59-29b54, 59-29b58, 59-29b59, 59-29b64, 59-29b66 or 59-29b67 and amendments thereto, the head of the treatment facility shall discharge and rel…

59-29b74. Notice of discharge; restoration of certain rights. The head of the treatment facility shall notify, in writing, the patient, the patient's attorney, the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney, the county or district attorney as appropriate, and the district court whic…

59-29b75. Unauthorized absence; procedure. If any involuntary patient leaves the place of the patient's detention or treatment without the authority of the head of the treatment facility, the head of the treatment facility shall notify the sheriff of the county in which the treat…

59-29b76. Administration of medications and other treatments. (a) Medications and other treatments shall be prescribed, ordered and administered only in conformity with accepted clinical practice. Medication shall be administered only upon the written order of a physician or upon…

59-29b77. Restraints; seclusion. (a) Restraints or seclusion shall not be applied to a patient unless it is determined by the head of the treatment facility or a physician or psychologist to be necessary to prevent immediate substantial bodily injury to the patient or others and …

59-29b78. Rights of patients. (a) Every patient being treated in any treatment facility, in addition to all other rights preserved by the provisions of this act, shall have the following rights: (1) To wear the patient's own clothes, keep and use the patient's own personal posses…

59-29b79. Disclosure of records. (a) The district court records, and any treatment records or medical records of any patient or former patient that are in the possession of any district court or treatment facility shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed except: (1) Upon th…

59-29b80. Civil and criminal liability. Any person or law enforcement agency, governing body, community mental health center or personnel acting in good faith and without negligence shall be free from all liability, civil or criminal, that might arise out of acting or declining t…

59-29b81. Costs; payment by residence county, when. In each proceeding the court shall allow and order paid to any individual or treatment facility as part of the costs thereof a reasonable fee and expenses for any professional services ordered performed by the court pursuant to …

59-29b82. Notice of death of patients in treatment facilities. In the event of the death of a patient in a treatment facility, the head of the treatment facility shall immediately give notice of the date, time, place and cause of such death, to the extent known, to the nearest kn…

59-29b83. Applicability to persons in custody on criminal charges. Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to any person alleged or thought to be a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment under this act wh…

59-29b84. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and…

59-29c01. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 59-29c01 through 59-29c14, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the crisis intervention act. History: L. 2017, ch. 77, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Arc…

59-29c02. Definitions. When used in the crisis intervention act: (a) "Behavioral health professional" includes a physician, physician assistant, psychologist, qualified mental health professional or licensed addiction counselor. (b) "Head of a crisis intervention center" means th…

59-29c03. Civil rights of persons subject to the provisions of this act. (a) The fact that a person has been detained for emergency observation and treatment under this act shall not be construed to mean that such person shall have lost any civil right such person would otherwise…

59-29c04. Voluntary admission to crisis intervention center. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a person with capacity to do so from making an application for admission as a voluntary patient to a crisis intervention center. Any person desiring to do so shall be a…

59-29c05. Law enforcement officer authority and duty. Any law enforcement officer who takes a person into custody pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2953 or 59-29b53, and amendments thereto, may transport such person to a crisis intervention center if the officer is in a crisis intervention c…

59-29c06. Emergency observation and treatment; application by law enforcement officer. (a) A crisis intervention center may admit and detain any person 18 years of age or older who is presented for emergency observation and treatment upon the written application of a law enforcem…

59-29c07. Emergency observation and treatment; application by any adult. (a) A crisis intervention center may evaluate, admit and detain any person 18 years of age or older who is presented for emergency observation and treatment upon the written application of any adult. (b) An …

59-29c08. Evaluation of admitted person; district court review; discharge. (a) The head of the crisis intervention center shall evaluate a person admitted pursuant to this act within four hours of admission to determine whether the person is likely to be a mentally ill person sub…

59-29c09. Notice of rights and documentation upon admission. (a) Whenever any person is involuntarily admitted to or detained at a crisis intervention center pursuant to this act, the head of the crisis intervention center shall: (1) Immediately advise the person in custody that …

59-29c10. Administration of medications and other treatments. (a) Medications and other treatments shall be prescribed, ordered and administered only in conformity with accepted clinical practice. Medication shall be administered only upon the written order of a physician or upon…

59-29c11. Restraints; seclusion. (a) Restraints or seclusion shall not be applied to a patient unless it is determined by the head of the crisis intervention center or a physician or psychologist to be necessary to prevent immediate substantial bodily injury to the patient or oth…

59-29c12. Patient's rights. (a) Every patient being treated in any crisis intervention center, in addition to all other rights preserved by the provisions of the crisis intervention act, shall have the following rights: (1) To wear the patient's own clothes, keep and use the pati…