mental health diversion programs

Pennsylvania Mental Health Diversion: Statutes, Eligibility & Court Programs

In Pennsylvania, the primary authority for keeping people with mental illness out of jail is Pa.R.Crim.P. 310-320 (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD)). Mental health diversion, mental health court programs, and other diversionary court programs can pause prosecution while a person completes treatment — and may lead to dismissal of criminal charges.

Statute for mental health diversion in Pennsylvania

  • Pa.R.Crim.P. 310-320 — Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD)
  • Pennsylvania county mental health courts

Citations pending attorney review. Always confirm current code sections.

Mental health diversion in major Pennsylvania cities

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia CountyPittsburghAllegheny CountyAllentownLehigh CountyErieErie CountyReadingBerks CountyHarrisburgDauphin County

Pennsylvania county mental health diversion guides (67)

Adams CountyAllegheny CountyArmstrong CountyBeaver CountyBedford CountyBerks CountyBlair CountyBradford CountyBucks CountyButler CountyCambria CountyCameron CountyCarbon CountyCentre CountyChester CountyClarion CountyClearfield CountyClinton CountyColumbia CountyCrawford CountyCumberland CountyDauphin CountyDelaware CountyElk CountyErie CountyFayette CountyForest CountyFranklin CountyFulton CountyGreene CountyHuntingdon CountyIndiana CountyJefferson CountyJuniata CountyLackawanna CountyLancaster CountyLawrence CountyLebanon CountyLehigh CountyLuzerne CountyLycoming CountyMcKean CountyMercer CountyMifflin CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMontour CountyNorthampton CountyNorthumberland CountyPerry CountyPhiladelphia CountyPike CountyPotter CountySchuylkill CountySnyder CountySomerset CountySullivan CountySusquehanna CountyTioga CountyUnion CountyVenango CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWestmoreland CountyWyoming CountyYork County