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State Involuntary treatment Third-party pays Criteria In addition to meeting the criteria for involuntary civil commitment, the patient must also meet the conditions listed: Alabama No — None Alaska Yes67 Maybe68 “Incapacitated by alcohol or drugs”70 Arizona No — None Arkansas Yes69 No “Addicted to alcohol or other drugs”69 California Yes70 No “Impairment by chronic alcoholism or the use of narcotics or restricted dangerous drugs”71 Colorado Yes72,73 No “Substance use disorder” and “that the person has threatened or attempted to inflict or inflicted physical harm on himself or herself or on another and that unless committed the person is likely to inflict physical harm on himself or herself or on another or that the person is incapacitated by drugs.”73 Connecticut Yes74 Some74 Alcohol dependency or drug dependency74 Delaware Yes75 No “Those who abuse substances such as alcohol, drugs or inhalants”75 D. C. Yes76,77 No “Drug user”77 Florida Yes (“Marchman Act”)78 No “Is in need of substance abuse services and, by reason of substance abuse impairment, his or her judgment has been so impaired that he or she is incapable of appreciating his or her need for such services”78 Georgia Yes79 No “Alcoholic, drug dependent individual, or drug abuser”79 Hawaii Yes80 Maybe80 “Conduct of the respondent that indicates substance abuse or addiction”80 Idaho No — None Illinois No — None Indiana Yes81 No “An alcoholic” or “incapacitated by alcohol” or “a drug abuser”82 Iowa Yes83 No “Substance-related disorder” defined as “diagnosable substance abuse disorder of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified within the most current diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association that results in a functional impairment”83 Kansas Yes84 No “Person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem”84 Kentucky Yes (“Casey’s Law”)85 Yes (85) “Individual suffering from alcohol and other drug abuse”85 Louisiana Yes86 No “Person suffering from a substance-related or addictive disorder”86 Maine Yes87 No “Persons suffering effects from the use of drugs, narcotics, hallucinogens or intoxicants, including alcohol”87 Maryland No — None Massachusetts Yes (“section 35”)88 Maybe89 “Alcohol use disorder” and/or “Substance use disorder” 89 Michigan Yes90 Fee91 “A substance use disorder as verified by a health professional”91 Minnesota Yes92 No “Chemically dependent person” defined as any person “determined as being incapable of self-management or management of personal affairs by reason of the habitual and excessive use of alcohol, drugs, or other mind-altering substances”93 Mississippi Yes94 No “Periodic, constant or frequent use of alcoholic beverages or habit-forming drugs”94 Missouri Yes95 No “Alcohol or drug abuse, or both”95 Montana No — None Nebraska Yes96 No “Substance dependence”96 Nevada No — None New Hampshire No — None New Jersey No — None New Mexico No — None New York No — None North Carolina Yes97 No “Substance abuser”97 North Dakota Yes98 No “Substance use disorder”98 Ohio Yes99 Yes100 “Suffering from alcohol and other drug abuse”99 Oklahoma Yes100 No “Drug or alcohol dependency”100 Oregon No — None Pennsylvania Yes101 No “Drug dependent person” defined as “a person who is using a drug, controlled substance or alcohol, and who is in a state of psychic or physical dependence, or both, arising from administration of that drug, controlled substance or alcohol on a continuing basis. Such dependence is characterized by behavioral and other responses which include a strong compulsion to take the drug, controlled substance or alcohol on a continuous basis in order to experience its psychic effects, or to avoid the discomfort of its absence. This definition shall include those persons commonly known as ‘drug addicts.’”102 Rhode Island Yes103 No “An alcoholic who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of alcoholic beverages” (alcohol only)103 South Carolina Yes104 No “Chemical dependency” defined as “a chronic disorder manifested by repeated use of alcohol or other drugs to an extent that it interferes with a person's health, social, or economic functioning; some degree of habituation, dependence, or addiction may be implied”104 South Dakota Yes105 No “Abusing alcohol or drugs”105 Tennessee Yes106 No “Alcohol dependence” or “drug dependence”107 Texas Yes108 No “Chemical dependency” defined as “(a) the abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance; (b) psychological or physical dependence on alcohol or a controlled substance; or (c) addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.”108 Utah Yes109 Yes109 “Sufferer of a substance use disorder”109 Vermont Yes110 No “Drug addict” (alcohol possibly excluded)110 Virginia Yes111 No “Substance abuse”111 Washington Yes (“Ricky’s Law”; “Joel’s Law”)112 No “Chemical dependency disorders”113 West Virginia Yes114 No “Substance abuse”114 Wisconsin Yes115 No “Drug dependent”115 Wyoming No — None
