Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.510

  • Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. 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
  • 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
  • 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

At least once every three years, the department shall conduct a complete statewide inventory of its existing facilities and a survey of needs for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities and alcohol or drug abuse, and shall make a public report of its inventory and survey and recommend a state plan for the construction of additional facilities.