Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-8. Admission to mental health services
Persons with serious mental health illness shall be admitted for mental health services under the provisions of this chapter in accordance with the following procedures:
(1) Any person seeking services from the publicly administered integrated state mental health service system may apply to an approved community mental health program. A parent, guardian, relative, or interested friend of the person may request services from an approved community mental health program.
(2) After the initial diagnosis and evaluation is completed:
(i) A determination will be made regarding whether the person has a serious mental illness, and if so, what level of services is initially indicated;
(ii) An individualized treatment plan for each person shall be established that shall include services that are necessary and appropriate to the person’s condition of serious mental illness;
(iii) Every effort shall be made to involve the person with serious mental illness, his or her guardian, parent, relative, or interested friend in the creation of the individualized treatment plan; and
(iv) Each person and his or her guardian shall, upon request, be offered a written copy of an approved individualized treatment plan developed for the person.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-8
- Diagnosis and evaluation: means a process to determine whether and to what extent an individual has a serious mental illness and a study of the individual's condition, situation, and needs that lead to a recommendation of what services, if any, would benefit the individual. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Individualized treatment plan: means a written plan, however named, that includes, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(i) An evaluation of the strengths, difficulties, needs, and goals of the individual;
(ii) A description of those services, including supportive, rehabilitative, housing assistance, and case-management services, found to be necessary or appropriate to assist the individual in realizing his or her potential for self-sufficiency in major life activities and in moving towards recovery;
(iii) A description of the agencies and/or individuals, who or that are proposed to provide each of the recommended services;
(iv) The intermediate and long-range objectives for the individual's rehabilitation and well-being;
(v) The expected duration for the provision of each of the services;
(vi) A description of the tests and other evaluative devices used and their results;
(vii) Proposed criteria for monitoring and evaluating the success of the services in meeting the individual's needs; and
(viii) The signatures of the preparers of the plan and the date the plan was prepared. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7
- 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