What is Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)? AOT Laws allow courts to order certain individuals with brain disorders to comply with treatment while living in the community.

Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) “Kendra’s Law” (§9.60 of the Mental Hygiene Law) mandates mental health services for a small number of individuals who have difficulty …

Summary of AOT Criteria (please see statute for legal description): Individual is at least 18 years-old; Individual is suffering from a mental illness; Individual is unlikely to safely live in the …

The statutes do not mandate action by mental health systems, but the AOT order ideally acts as a catalyst for mental health providers to deliver services at the same time it commits patients to …

ON AUGUST 9, 1999, Governor George Pataki signed Kendra’s Law (Chapter 408 of the Laws of 1999), creating a statutory framework for court-ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), …

Kendra’s Law or Assisted Outpatient Treatment provides for assisted outpatient treatment of certain persons with mental illness that, in view of their treatment history and present …

On August 9, 1999, the Governor signed Kendra’s Law (Chapter 408 of the Laws of 1999), creating a statutory framework for court-ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) to …

Kendra’s Law (New York Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60) allows courts to order certain individuals with brain disorders to comply with treatment while living in the community. This court-ordered …

AOT laws allow continued treatment of people with SMI in the community, so that they can live a healthy, safe and productive life. Currently, 48 states have AOT laws.

Outpatient commitment —also called assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) or community treatment orders (CTO)—refers to a civil court procedure wherein a legal process orders an individual …