Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.225

  • Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Head of the facility: the chief administrative officer, or his designee, of any residential facility. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Patient: an individual under observation, care, treatment or rehabilitation by any hospital or other mental health facility or mental health program pursuant to the provisions of chapter 632. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Resident: a person receiving residential services from a facility, other than mental health facility, operated, funded or licensed by the department. See Missouri Laws 630.005

Before any patient who can support himself is admitted into any facility operated by the department, he shall be furnished, by those responsible for his support, with suitable changes of clothing. If patients who are able to support themselves as determined under section 630.210 are in need of clothing, the business manager, under the direction of the head of the facility, shall furnish the same. The department shall calculate expenditures for such clothing as part of the per diem expense. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the purchase of clothing by, or gifts of clothing to, a patient or resident by his family or friends.