{"data":{"id":"us-mt/53-21-185","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"53-21-185","heading":"Care and treatment following release.","body":"The department and its agents have an affirmative duty to provide adequate transitional treatment and care for all patients released after a period of involuntary confinement. Transitional care and treatment possibilities include but are not limited to psychiatric day care, treatment in the home by a visiting therapist, nursing home or extended care, a halfway house, outpatient treatment, and treatment in the psychiatric ward of a general hospital.","path":["TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS","CHAPTER 21. MENTALLY ILL","Part 1. Treatment of the Seriously Mentally Ill"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0530/chapter_0210/part_0010/section_0850/0530-0210-0010-0850.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:25Z","sha256":"610f3db02163aefc117d211f8337294d0d2a2dd9c2d2a87a17b8f627e82929f2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/53-21-184","next":"us-mt/53-21-186"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}