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Adult Transfers

Purpose: When a client is transferred from a DMH facility to the Biggs Forensic Center of Fulton State Hospital, that person must have a due process hearing.

Authority: 630.050 RSMo, DOR 4.533

Pre-Transfer:

  1. Sending facility contacts hearings officer/designee to schedule a pre-transfer hearing.
  2. Hearing must be scheduled and held within five (5) working days of service of notice to client.
  3. Client must be given forty-eight (48) hours advance notice of the hearing.
  4. Client may request a continuance.
  5. Decision must be issued within five (5) working days of hearing.
  6. Decision may be appealed to Director, Department of Mental Health
  7. Copies of the decision are sent to:
    • Client (Original)
    • Client's attorney/advocate (if appropriate)
    • Superintendent of sending facility
    • Superintendent of Fulton State Hospital
    • Director of Forensic Services (if Forensic)
    • Client's guardian (if appropriate)
    • Sending facility's representative (The person who presents the case)

Post Transfer

  1. Biggs Forensic Center contacts hearings officer/designee to schedule a post transfer hearing.
  2. Hearing must be scheduled and held within five (5) working days of emergency transfer.
  3. Client must be given forty-eight (48) hours advance notice of the hearing.
  4. Client may request a continuance.
  5. Decision must be issued within five (5) working days of hearing.
  6. Decision may be appealed to Director, Department of Mental Health
  7. Copies of the decision are sent to:
    • Client (Original)
    • Client's attorney/advocate (if appropriate)
    • Superintendent of sending facility
    • Superintendent of Fulton State Hospital
    • Director of Forensic Services (if forensic)
    • Client's guardian (if appropriate)
    • Sending facility's representative (the person who presents the case)