Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-6. Declaration of policy
It is the policy of this state to provide persons with serious mental illness adequate and humane care, that, to the extent possible, while meeting the purposes of rehabilitation and treatment, is:
(1) Within each person‘s own community, recognizing that some services are appropriately provided in facilities that provide services to the entire state;
(2) Least restrictive of the person’s freedom of movement and ability to function normally in society while being appropriate to the person’s individual capacity and needs;
(3) Directed toward eliminating the need for services and promoting the person’s independence.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-6
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- 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