It is the purpose of the Community Mental Health Services Act to

(1) provide a range of community based inpatient, outpatient, and support services for persons with mental disorders;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.30.520

  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) assist communities in planning, organizing, and financing community mental health services through locally developed, administered, and controlled community mental health programs;
(3) better develop and use resources at both state and local levels;
(4) develop and implement plans for comprehensive mental health services based on demonstrated need on a regional basis;
(5) improve the effectiveness of existing mental health services;
(6) integrate state-operated and community mental health programs into a unified mental health system;
(7) ensure that consumers, families, and representatives of communities within mental health planning regions can participate in planning for, determining the need for, and allocating mental health resources;
(8) provide a means of allocating money available for state mental health services according to community needs;
(9) encourage the full use of all existing public or private agencies, facilities, personnel, and funds to accomplish these objectives; and
(10) prevent unnecessary duplication and fragmentation of services and expenditures.
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