§3930.__Rights of committed person

1.__Legal rights.__A person whose liberty is restricted under this subchapter does not forfeit any legal right or suffer any legal disability as a result of any actions taken under this subchapter except as specifically provided in this subchapter.

2.__Right to care and treatment.__A person committed under this subchapter has the right to adequate care and individualized treatment.__The department shall keep records of medical, expert and professional care and treatment received by a committed person and shall keep copies of all reports of periodic examinations made pursuant to this subchapter.__Records kept by the department under this section must be made available to the committed person, the committed person's attorney, the prosecuting attorney, the court, the protection and advocacy agency designated under Title 5, chapter 511 or an expert or professional person who demonstrates a need for access to the records.

3.__Safeguarding personal property.__When a person is taken into custody or transferred to a secure facility pursuant to a petition under this subchapter, the person in charge of the facility shall take reasonable precautions to inventory and safeguard the personal property of the person detained or transferred.__A copy of the inventory, signed by the person making it, must be given to the person detained and must be open to inspection by any responsible person, subject by conditions imposed by the detained person.__For purposes of this subsection, "responsible person" includes the guardian, conservator, attorney, spouse, parent, adult child or adult sibling of the person detained.__The facility may not disclose the contents of the inventory to any person other than a responsible person without the consent of the detained person or an order of the court.

4.__Seeking release.__This subchapter does not prohibit a person who has been committed from exercising any right otherwise available for the purpose of obtaining release from confinement, including the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

§3931.__Petition for release

1.__Petition by commissioner.__If the commissioner determines that a committed person's mental abnormality or personality disorder has changed so that the person is not likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence if conditionally