53-21-405. (Temporary) Transition review committee duties -- reporting requirement. (1) The transition review committee shall:

(a) hear regular reports from the department and, as necessary, the office of budget and program planning on:

(i) the number of Montana state hospital patients with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, or traumatic brain injury;

(ii) efforts the department is making to find community placements for individuals with those diagnoses, including any barriers to discharging the individuals from the Montana state hospital and the steps being taken to alleviate the barriers; and

(iii) activities being taken to identify and develop community-based services and to transition into those services individuals with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, or traumatic brain injury who meet only the commitment criteria of 53-21-126(1)(a) or (1)(d)(i)(B);

(b) hear reports from providers on matters related to serving individuals with Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, or traumatic brain injury, including but not limited to information on the resources needed for serving the individuals in the community and recommendations for meeting those needs;

(c) review, as needed, efforts undertaken in other states to reduce the involuntary commitment of individuals with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, or traumatic brain injury and to identify practices in those states that may assist Montana in ending involuntary commitment of individuals with those diagnoses;

(d) advise the department of problems it is observing with the transition process; and

(e) make recommendations to the department and the legislature on potential solutions for alleviating problems encountered in the transition process.

(2) The department reports on Montana state hospital patients required under subsection (1)(a)(i) must include, for each period covered by the report:

(a) the number of those patients admitted to the hospital;

(b) the number currently receiving treatment; and

(c) the number discharged.

(3) The committee shall report regularly to the children, families, health, and human services interim committee and at least once to the house human services committee and the senate public health, welfare, and safety committee of the 69th legislature on:

(a) its review of the department's efforts and progress in:

(i) transitioning individuals from the Montana state hospital; and

(ii) developing the community-based services needed to prepare for the scheduled discontinuance on July 1, 2025, of the use of involuntary commitments for individuals with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, or traumatic brain injury who meet only the commitment criteria of 53-21-126(1)(a) or (1)(d)(i)(B); and

(b) any recommendations for additional legislation needed to accomplish the purposes of 53-21-403 through 53-21-407. (Terminates June 30, 2025--sec. 13, Ch. 777, L. 2023.)