P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 402h
The Administration and/or those institutions licensed thereby shall admit persons with mental disorders and/or addiction, whose admission has been ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction, or to addicts and mentally-ill persons who voluntarily request it, for diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation in the facilities under its jurisdiction.
Priority for admission to treatment and rehabilitation in the Administration’s facilities shall be given to persons of limited financial resources, over others who have the needed financial resources to use private facilities or institutions. The criteria to determine whether a person has limited financial resources shall be used by the Department in rendering medical-hospital services chargeable to public funds within the Medical-Hospital Assistance Plan.
History —Aug. 7, 1993, No. 67, § 9, eff. 60 days after Aug. 7, 1993.