Missouri Laws 630.010 – Mental health commission — members, terms, qualifications, appointment, ..
1. The state mental health commission, established by the omnibus reorganization act of 1974, section 9, appendix B, RSMo, shall be composed of seven members appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The terms of members appointed under the reorganization act before August 13, 1980, shall continue until the terms under which the members were regularly appointed expire. The terms shall be for four years. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified.
2. The commission shall be comprised of members who are not prohibited from serving by sections 105.450 to 105.482, as amended, and who are not otherwise employed by the state. The commission shall be composed of the following:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.010
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Commission: the state mental health commission. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Developmental disability: a disability:
(a) Which is attributable to:
a. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Drug abuse: the use of any drug without compelling medical reason, which use results in a temporary mental, emotional or physical impairment and causes socially dysfunctional behavior, or in psychological or physiological dependency resulting from continued use, which dependency induces a mental, emotional or physical impairment and causes socially dysfunctional behavior. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Habilitation: a process of treatment, training, care or specialized attention that seeks to enhance and maximize a person with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability to cope with the environment and to live as determined by the person as much as possible, as is appropriate for the person considering his or her physical and mental condition and financial means. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Intellectual disability: significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning which:
(a) Originates before age eighteen. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Mental illness: a state of impaired mental processes, which impairment results in a distortion of a person's capacity to recognize reality due to hallucinations, delusions, faulty perceptions or alterations of mood, and interferes with an individual's ability to reason, understand or exercise conscious control over his actions. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(1) A physician recognized as an expert in the treatment of mental illness;
(2) A physician, licensed clinical psychologist, or other licensed clinician, recognized as an expert in the evaluation or treatment of persons with an intellectual disability or developmental disability;
(3) A representative of groups who are consumers or families of consumers interested in the services provided by the department in the treatment of mental illness;
(4) A representative of groups who are consumers or families of consumers interested in the services provided by the department in the habilitation of persons with an intellectual disability or developmental disability;
(5) A person recognized for his expertise in general business matters and procedures;
(6) A person recognized for his interest and expertise in dealing with alcohol or drug abuse; and
(7) A person recognized for his interest or expertise in community mental health services.
3. Vacancies occurring on the commission shall be filled by appointment by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for the unexpired terms. In case of a vacancy when the senate is not in session, the governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next session of the general assembly, when he shall nominate someone to fill the office.
4. The commission shall elect from its members a chairman and a secretary. Meetings shall be held at least once a month, and special meetings may be held at the call of the chairman.
5. The department shall pay the commission members one hundred dollars per day for each day, or portion thereof, they actually spend in transacting the business of the commission and shall reimburse the commission members for necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.