In Re Petition for Involuntary Commitment of Barbour

DEL SOLE, J.:

¶ 1 This appeal is from a Court of Common Pleas order denying a petition to review the certification of a mental health review officer. We reverse.

¶2 Appellant, age twenty-six, after allegedly telephoning a bomb threat to Al-toona Hospital and acting in a paranoid and bizarre manner, was admitted to the Somerset Community Hospital on May 17, 1998 pursuant to 50 P.S. § 7302.1 Appellant was certified for an additional twenty days under 50 P.S. § 7303.2 He was then transferred to the Bedford Long-Term Structured Residence (LTSR) on June 2, 1998 pursuant to 50 P.S. § 7304(b) for a…