Is assisted outpatient treatment constitutional?
No court in the United States has ever declared an assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) law to be unconstitutional. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have already enacted AOT. Various provisions have been tested and found constitutional by state courts throughout the country. New York’s courts, including the state’s highest court, have repeatedly upheld AOT as constitutional. Standards much broader than those proposed in New Jersey have been upheld in states such as Hawaii, Wisconsin, and Washington.
