Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-11. Rules and regulations
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The director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, after consultation with agencies and individuals knowledgeable about and concerned with persons with serious mental illness, shall make and promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to services for persons with serious mental illness as specified in this chapter when the services are provided in whole or in part by the use of state and/or federal funds earmarked for persons with serious mental illness.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-11
- Serious mental illness: means an illness which is biologically based, severe in degree, and persistent in duration, which causes a substantially diminished level of functioning in the primary aspects of daily living and an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life, which may lead to an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without long-term treatment and support and which may be of lifetime duration. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7