{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-22-52-10.5","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 22-52-10.5","heading":"Facilities for Inpatient Treatment; Length of Treatment; Cost.","body":"(a) At the final hearing on a petition for involuntary commitment or a hearing for the revocation of a prior order for commitment to outpatient treatment, the probate court may order that the respondent be committed to: (i) the department for inpatient treatment at a state mental health facility, or (ii) the department for inpatient treatment at a designated mental health facility.\n(b) Pursuant to this section, an order for inpatient treatment shall not exceed 150 days.\n(c) No county shall be required to pay the cost of inpatient treatment provided at a state mental health facility or inpatient treatment authorized by the department at a designated mental health facility.","path":["Title 22 Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.","Title 2 Mental Health.","Chapter 52 Commitment, Discharge and Transfer of Persons in State Institutions.","Article 1 Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons Generally."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=22-52-10.5","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"fe874ce1d4afc5a2d7dfdb23d066013a45791f90088d8d911d80f7191b8cb648","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-22-52-10.4","next":"us-al/ala.-code-22-52-10.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}