Section 7255 - [Effective 7/1/2024] System of careThe Commissioner of Mental Health shall coordinate a geographically diverse system and continuum of mental health care throughout the State that shall include at least the following:
(1) comprehensive and coordinated community services, including prevention, to serve children, families, and adults at all stages of mental condition or psychiatric disability;(2) peer services, which may include:(B) peer-provided transportation services;(C) peer-supported crisis services; and(D) peer-supported hospital diversion services;(3) alternative treatment options for individuals seeking to avoid or reduce reliance on medications;(4) recovery-oriented housing programs;(5) intensive residential recovery facilities;(6) appropriate and adequate psychiatric inpatient capacity for voluntary patients;(7) appropriate and adequate psychiatric inpatient capacity for involuntary inpatient treatment services, including persons receiving treatment through court order from a civil or criminal court; (8) a secure residential recovery facility; and(9) a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth.Amended by 2024, No. 137,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. 4/4/2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.) , § 101.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.