Rule 7107 - Mental Health Commitment Procedure(A) For all commitments under the Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976, the Court shall determine whether the patient shall be committed to a maximum security institution. In all cases where the Court determines that maximum security treatment is necessary, the defendant shall be committed to Fairview State Hospital, unless special circumstances warrant a commitment to a maximum security ward in another State hospital.(B) In general, the Court may not order that a commitment under the Act be served in a maximum security institution unless it finds that the patient's condition as of the date of the hearing therapeutically requires maximum security care. However, where the Court is independently empowered to impose a condition of incarceration on the patient under any criminal proceeding, the Court may order a commitment served in a maximum security institution without a finding of therapeutic necessity.(C) For those patients determined to be in no need of maximum security care, the Court shall commit the patient to the appropriate facility designated by the State Department of Public Welfare to serve the geographic area of the patient's residence. (Philadelphia patients are served by Norristown State Hospital and Philadelphia State Hospital.) Former Rule 70; adopted by the Board of Judges, originally General Court Regulation 72-2, 1/19/1972 and 72-2 Supplement, 2/16/1972, further amended 6/24/1977.