Miss. Code § 41-20-1

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 41-20-1 - Definitions

As used in Sections 41-20-1 through 41-20-11 the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(a) "Community mental health center" means a facility authorized under Section 41-19-33.

(b) "Mental health services" includes all services offered by the mental health system in Mississippi, including, but not limited to, the following:

(i) Community mental health services, including:

1. Programs of assertive community treatment;

2. Mobile crisis response services;

3. Crisis stabilization units;

4. Community support services;

5. Peer support services;

6. Supported employment; and

7. Permanent supported housing; and

(ii) Institutional mental health services, which are services that encompass civil commitment or hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital;

(iii) Mental health services provided in facilities authorized in Title 47, Mississippi Code of 1972;

(iv) Core adult mental health services;

(v) Child mental health services;

(vi) Intellectual/developmental disability services;

(vii) Substance abuse prevention and treatment/rehabilitation services; and

(viii) Any combination of the services defined in this paragraph (b).

(c) "Mental health system" means the facilities, institutions, centers, entities, persons and providers that provide mental health services in Mississippi.

(d) "Regional commission" means a commission established in Section 41-19-33.

Miss. Code § 41-20-1

Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 479, SB 2610,§ 2, eff. 7/8/2020.