JULY 9, 1976 (P.L.817, NO.143), KNOWN AS THE MENTAL HEALTH
PROCEDURES ACT, OR UPON INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF A PERSON AS
DESCRIBED UNDER SECTION 6105(C)(4), THE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS, MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW OFFICER OR COUNTY MENTAL
HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION ADMINISTRATOR SHALL NOTIFY THE
SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THAT PERSON RESIDES, ON A FORM
DEVELOPED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, OF THE IDENTITY
OF THE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED, COMMITTED OR TREATED
AND THE NATURE OF THE ADJUDICATION, COMMITMENT OR TREATMENT.
THE NOTIFICATION SHALL BE TRANSMITTED BY THE JUDGE, MENTAL
HEALTH REVIEW OFFICER OR COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL
RETARDATION ADMINISTRATOR WITHIN [SEVEN] FOUR DAYS OF THE
ADJUDICATION, COMMITMENT OR TREATMENT.
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SECTION 2. SECTION 6111.1(F)(1) AND (2) OF TITLE 18 ARE
AMENDED AND THE SUBSECTION IS AMENDED BY ADDING A PARAGRAPH TO
READ:
§ 6111.1. Pennsylvania State Police.
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(f) Notification of mental health adjudication, treatment,
commitment, drug use or addiction.--
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(1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATUTE TO THE CONTRARY, JUDGES
OF THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL NOTIFY THE PENNSYLVANIA
STATE POLICE IN WRITING OR ELECTRONICALLY, ON A FORM
DEVELOPED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, OF:
(I) THE IDENTITY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN
ADJUDICATED AS AN INCOMPETENT OR AS A MENTAL DEFECTIVE OR
WHO HAS BEEN INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED TO A MENTAL
INSTITUTION UNDER THE ACT OF JULY 9, 1976 (P.L.817,
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