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the Department of Behavioral and Developmental
Services, Division of Mental Health that monitors and
ensures prescribed medications are taken; and

 
(2) The order for release includes the condition that
the person must be returned to the institution
immediately upon the order of the commissioner
whenever the person fails to comply with other
conditions of release ordered by the court; or

 
B. Discharge from the custody of the Commissioner of
Behavioral and Developmental Services.

 
Release from the institution is subject to annual review by
the court and, except for return as ordered by the
commissioner under paragraph A, subparagraph (1), must
continue until terminated by the court. Each person released
under this section shall must remain in the custody of the
commissioner. The Commissioner of Behavioral and
Developmental Services shall inform the public safety officer
law enforcement agency of the municipality or the sheriff's
office of the county into which the person is released of the
release.

 
2. Modified release treatment. Any An individual
hospitalized pursuant to section 103 may petition the Superior
Court for the county in which that person is hospitalized for
a release treatment program allowing the individual to be off
institutional grounds for a period of time, not to exceed 14
days at any one time. The petition must contain a report from
the institutional staff, including at least one psychiatrist,
and the report must define the patient's present condition;
the planned treatment program involving absence from the
institution; the duration of the absence from the institution;
the amount of supervision during the absence; the expectation
of results from the program change; and the estimated duration
of the treatment program before further change. This petition
must be forwarded to the court no later than 60 days prior to
the beginning of the modified treatment program. If the court
considers that the individual individual's being off the
grounds, as described in the treatment plan, is inappropriate,
it shall notify the hospital that the plan is not approved and
shall schedule a hearing on the matter. The clerk of courts
upon receipt of the proposed treatment program shall give
notice of the receipt of this program by mailing a copy to the
office of the district attorney prosecutorial office that
prosecuted the criminal charges of which the person was
acquitted found not criminally responsible by reason of
insanity mental disease or mental defect, the offices of the
district attorneys in whose district the release petition was
filed or in whose district release may occur and the Attorney
General who may file objections and


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