D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 22-A1200
The Mental Health Service Delivery Reform Act of 2001 (Act), D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1131.01 et seq., requires the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to provide or arrange systems of care to serve the needs of children and youth with mental health problems and adults with mental illness, as defined in Section 102 of the Act, D.C. Official Code § 7-1131.02.
The Act requires DMH to promulgate rules that define priority populations in order to prioritize service response and system design to focus on consumers with the more severe forms of mental or emotional illness.
DMH shall issue an annual plan as required by the Act that includes an explanation of how DMH will provide or arrange systems of care to serve the needs of children and youth with mental health problems and adults with mental illness.
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 22-A1200