Code of Alabama - Title 22: Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control - Title 2 - Mental Health

• Chapter 50 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 22-50-1 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) CLIENTS. Those persons identified...
• Section 22-50-2 Department - Created; composition; divisions; offices
  There shall be created and established a department of the state government to be known as the Department of Mental Health. The department shall be...
• Section 22-50-2.1 Department - Name changed; transition period
  (a) All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in names of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or...
• Section 22-50-3 Department - Disposition of fees, receipts and income
  All fees, receipts, and income of the Department of Mental Health shall be paid over to a departmental treasurer, to be selected by the commissioner,...
• Section 22-50-4 Department - Public corporation
  The Governor and the Commissioner of Mental Health are hereby constituted a public corporation to be known as the Department of Mental Health.
• Section 22-50-5 Board of trustees - Membership; officers; initial appointments; terms
  (a) In order to coordinate the activities of the Department of Mental Health and to advise with such department and to better acquaint the public...
• Section 22-50-6 Board of trustees - Subsequent appointments to board; vacancies
  Subsequent appointments shall be made for a period of three years except that vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term only.
• Section 22-50-8 Board of trustees - Expenses of trustees
  The trustees shall receive $100.00 per day and mileage expenses while attending meetings of the board of trustees or while engaged in other official duties...
• Section 22-50-9 Department - Powers generally
  The Department of Mental Health through its commissioner is hereby authorized to act in any prudent way to provide mental health services and mental retardation...
• Section 22-50-10 Department - Termination of Alabama Mental Health Board; transfer of authority to department
  Upon May 1, 1984, the Alabama Mental Health Board shall cease to exist and the powers and responsibilities shall be vested in the Department of...
• Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers
  The Department of Mental Health is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1) It is authorized and directed to set...
• Section 22-50-12 Department - Legal division
  The commissioner may establish a legal division, which shall be under the direction of an attorney authorized to practice law in the State of Alabama,...
• Section 22-50-13 Department - Annual report
  As near after the end of the fiscal years as possible, the department shall print and send to the Governor a report consisting of activities...
• Section 22-50-14 Department - Requests for budget funds
  Every budget period the department shall present to the Governor a request for funds based on projected needs for mental health and intellectual disability services...
• Section 22-50-15 Funds for essential functions
  Any state supported facility under the jurisdiction of the department providing services requiring on-premises residence of patients or clients, including, but not limited to, Bryce...
• Section 22-50-16 Commissioner of Mental Health
  The Governor shall appoint the Mental Health Commissioner and shall fix his term of office and salary, such salary to be established without regard to...
• Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability
  (a) No person, partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution for the care or treatment of any kind of mental...
• Section 22-50-18 Commitment and release of incompetents, etc
  Nothing contained in this chapter shall change or alter the methods, means or procedures provided by law before the enactment of this chapter for the...
• Section 22-50-19 Judicial review of final order or decision by department
  Any person who has been legally damaged by a final order or decision of the Mental Health Department may have a review of such decision...
• Section 22-50-20 Forms
  The Mental Health Department shall prescribe forms for probate judges to use which would give information deemed necessary by the department about prospective patients or
• Section 22-50-21 Police officers for state mental health facilities or hospitals
  The State Mental Health Officer may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to arrest intruders, trespassers, and persons...
• Section 22-50-22 Exemption of superintendent and physician of state mental health facilities from attending as witnesses
  Neither the superintendent nor a physician of a state mental health facility or hospital shall be compelled to attend as a witness to testify as...
• Section 22-50-23 Penalties for violation of chapter, etc
  Any person, partnership, corporation or association that violates the provisions of this chapter or any regulations promulgated under authority delegated to the Mental Health Department,...
• Section 22-50-24 Repeal of conflicting laws; certain laws not repealed
  All laws or parts of laws, local, special or general, in conflict with this chapter are hereby specifically repealed. However, nothing in this chapter shall...
• Section 22-50-25 Mental Health Capital Outlay Oversight Commission; creation; membership; appointment; vacancy; meetings; quorum; appropriation for capital outlays and improvements; compensation; funding from oil and gas leases
  REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
• Article 2 Personnel Policies and Salary Schedules.
• Section 22-50-40 Authority to establish personnel policies and salary schedules
  The Alabama Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to establish personnel policies and salary schedules for all of its employees, and such policies and...
• Section 22-50-41 Personnel policies - Inclusion or continuation of positions under Merit System
  Personnel policies may be established so as to include under the State Merit System certain positions in the Department of Mental Health and so as...
• Section 22-50-42 Personnel policies - Continuation of positions not under Merit System
  Positions in the Department of Mental Health and employees of the Alabama Department of Mental Health not under the State Merit System on October 29,...
• Section 22-50-43 Conflicting provisions of Section 22-50-11 repealed
  Any part of Section 22-50-11 in conflict with this article is hereby specifically repealed.
• Article 3 Information, Records, and Research Data.
• Section 22-50-60 Purpose of article
  It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature of the State of Alabama in this article to facilitate the collection of appropriate information, records...
• Section 22-50-61 Authority to receive data for research
  (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health, or his or her authorized agent, is hereby authorized to receive data from private or public agencies or agents...
• Section 22-50-62 Disclosure of information
  No employee of any of the facilities under the management, control, supervision or affiliated with the Alabama Department of Mental Health shall be required to...
• Article 4 Dementia Education and Training.
• Section 22-50-70 Short title
  Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019.
• Section 22-50-71 Legislative findings
  Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019.
• Section 22-50-72 Development of educational programs and services for Alzheimer's disease; instructors and training
  Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019.
• Section 22-50-73 Promulgation of rules and regulations
  Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019.
• Section 22-50-74 Appropriation of funding; fees
  Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019.
• Article 4A Alabama Alzheimer's and Demetia Education, Care, and Training Act.
• Section 22-50-80 Short title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Alzheimer's and Dementia Education, Care, and Training Act.
• Section 22-50-81 Legislative intent
  The purposes of this article are: (1) To enable Alabamians with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or related diseases to live with dignity in their homes or...
• Section 22-50-82 Development of educational programs and services; instructors and training
  (a) Subject to Section 22-50-84, the Department of Public Health may develop educational programs and services concerning Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and related diseases. These programs...
• Section 22-50-83 Rulemaking authority
  The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to implement this article.
• Section 22-50-84 Appropriation of funds; fees
  (a) The Legislature may appropriate funding to establish and implement the requirements of this article and to maintain the programs and services required by this...
• Article 5 Criminal History Background Information Regarding Direct Care Providers.
• Section 22-50-90 Definitions
  (a) When used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Any information collected and...
• Section 22-50-91 Administrative rules and procedures
  The Department of Mental Health shall promulgate administrative rules and procedures to carry out this article which do not infringe on the constitutional rights of...
• Chapter 51 REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.
• Section 22-51-1 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) CONSTRUCTION...
• Section 22-51-2 Incorporation of public corporations - Authorized
  By proceeding in the manner set forth in this chapter, any number of natural persons, not less than three, may form a public corporation to...
• Section 22-51-3 Incorporation of public corporations - Application - Contents
  The said natural persons, referred to in Section 22-51-2, shall file a written application with each governing body from which they desire authority to incorporate....
• Section 22-51-4 Incorporation of public corporations - Application - Approval
  Upon the adoption by each governing body to which an application was sent of a resolution approving the formation of the said corporation, the incorporators,...
• Section 22-51-5 Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Contents
  The certificate of incorporation shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming it, together with their addresses, and that each is a resident of...
• Section 22-51-6 Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Execution and recording
  A certificate of incorporation, in the form provided in Section 22-51-5, shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the...
• Section 22-51-7 Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Amendments
  The certificate of incorporation may be amended, from time to time, to provide for any objective that was not included in the original certificate of...
• Section 22-51-8 Board of directors - Composition; appointment, qualifications, terms and compensation of members; vacancies; executive committee
  Each corporation shall be governed by a board of directors of nine or more members, selected as provided in this section. Each governing body which...
• Section 22-51-9 Board of directors - Meetings; quorum; constitution and bylaws
  The board of directors shall hold monthly meetings and such special meetings as may be called, from time to time, on at least two days'...
• Section 22-51-10 Professional advisory committee
  The board of directors of the corporation shall appoint a professional advisory committee of three or more members, one of which must be a physician...
• Section 22-51-11 Powers of corporation
  Any corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the following powers in addition to others granted...
• Section 22-51-12 Control of facilities and programs
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that the facilities and programs provided for in this chapter are to be under the direction...
• Section 22-51-13 Taxation exemption
  The corporations authorized in this chapter and their property, including bonds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, and deeds, and all income from such property and the operation...
• Section 22-51-14 Appropriations by local governing bodies
  The governing bodies which are entitled to appoint a member of the board of directors are hereby authorized to appropriate their respective shares of the...
• Chapter 52 COMMITMENT, DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER OF PERSONS IN STATE INSTITUTIONS.
• Article 1 Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons Generally.
• Section 22-52-1.1 Definitions
  When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MENTAL ILLNESS. A psychiatric...
• Section 22-52-1.2 Filing and contents of petition seeking involuntary commitment of another
  (a) Any person may file a petition seeking the involuntary commitment of another person. The petition shall be filed in the probate court of the...
• Section 22-52-2 Review of petition by probate judge; examination of petitioner; dismissal of petition without further proceedings
  (a) When any petition is filed seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent, the probate judge shall immediately review the petition and shall require the...
• Section 22-52-3 Service of petition and order setting petition for hearing upon person sought to be committed; contents of notice
  When any petition has been filed seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent and such petition has been reviewed by the probate judge, the probate...
• Section 22-52-4 Appointment of attorney and guardian ad litem for person sought to be committed; statements, etc., of person in presence of judge, prior to obtaining services of attorney, not to be considered by judge
  (a) At the time when any petition has been filed seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent, the probate judge shall appoint a guardian ad...
• Section 22-52-5 Appointment by probate judge of attorney to appear in support of petition; employment by petitioners of attorney to appear in support of petition
  The probate judge shall appoint an attorney to serve as the advocate in support of the petition to commit in all matters regarding a petition...
• Section 22-52-6 Notification of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or other public facility of petition, date of final hearing, etc
  (a) When a petition is filed seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent, the probate judge with whom the petition is filed shall notify the...
• Section 22-52-7 Restrictions on imposition of limitations upon liberty of person sought to be committed pending hearings; ordering, etc., of examinations of person sought to be committed; supervision of temporary treatment
  (a) When a petition has been filed seeking to have limitations placed upon the liberty of a respondent pending the outcome of a final hearing...
• Section 22-52-8 Holding of probable cause and final hearings generally
  (a) When any respondent sought to be committed has any limitation imposed upon his liberty or any temporary treatment imposed upon him by the probate...
• Section 22-52-9 Conduct of hearings
  At all hearings, including probable cause hearings, conducted by the probate judge in relation to a petition to involuntarily commit a respondent, the following rules...
• Section 22-52-10.1 Order entered where judge finds criteria met; dismissal of petition
  (a) If at the final hearing on a petition seeking to involuntarily commit a respondent, the probate judge finds, based on clear and convincing evidence,...
• Section 22-52-10.2 Findings necessary for outpatient treatment
  (a) A respondent may be committed to outpatient treatment if the probate court finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence, all of the following: (1)...
• Section 22-52-10.3 Order for outpatient treatment
  (a) At the final hearing on a petition for commitment seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent, the probate court may order that the respondent...
• Section 22-52-10.4 Findings necessary for inpatient treatment; order when no treatment available
  (a) A respondent may be committed to inpatient treatment if the probate court finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence that: (i) the respondent is...
• Section 22-52-10.5 Facilities for inpatient treatment; length of treatment; cost
  (a) At the final hearing on a petition for involuntary commitment or a hearing for the revocation of a prior order for commitment to outpatient...
• Section 22-52-10.6 Petition for renewal of inpatient commitment order; probate court; special judge; notice; hearing
  (a) A petition for renewal of an inpatient commitment order may be filed by the director of a state mental health facility or his designee...
• Section 22-52-10.7 Transfer to another facility
  A respondent committed to inpatient treatment may be transferred from any treatment facility to another treatment facility when deemed to be in the best interest...
• Section 22-52-10.8 Order for involuntary commitment for inpatient treatment to be entered into Criminal Justice Information System and NICS; redaction of order upon removal of limitation to purchase firearm
  (a) When the judge of probate of a county enters an order for the involuntary commitment of a person pursuant to Section 22-52-10.1, and the...
• Section 22-52-10.9 Order finding defendant insane, mentally incompetent, etc., to be entered into information systems; civil review
  (a)(1) Upon any finding that a defendant is insane, mentally incompetent, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to Chapter 16...
• Section 22-52-10.10 Renewal of outpatient commitment order
  (a) A petition for renewal of an outpatient commitment order may be filed by the director of a designated mental health facility or his or...
• Section 22-52-11 Retention of jurisdiction by probate court over person committed
  The probate court involuntarily committing a respondent shall retain jurisdiction over the respondent concurrently with the probate court of the county in which the respondent...
• Section 22-52-12 Conveyance of person committed to facility; expenses of conveyance
  The probate judge shall order one or more persons or law enforcement officers to convey any respondent involuntarily committed for inpatient treatment to the department...
• Section 22-52-12.1 Designated mental health facilities; standards of care
  (a) The department shall designate certain mental health facilities that shall have the authority to receive respondents for evaluation, admission, detention, treatment and discharge pursuant...
• Section 22-52-12.2 Renewal petition time limit for certain patients
  With regard to those patients who shall have been committed to state mental health facilities for 150 days or more as of January 1, 1992,...
• Section 22-52-13 Transfer of persons committed to Veterans Administration or other federal agency; powers, etc., of chief officers of Veterans Administration Hospitals, etc., with respect to retention, transfer, treatment, etc., of persons transferred thereto, etc.; effect of foreign judgments or orders of commitment committing persons to Veterans Administration or other federal agency
  (a) Any respondent involuntarily committed by the probate court to the custody of the department or designated mental health facility as the court may order,...
• Section 22-52-14 Payment of costs
  In any commitment proceeding, the fees of any attorney appointed by the probate judge to act as advocate for the petition and any attorney or...
• Section 22-52-15 Appeals
  An appeal from an order of the probate court granting a petition seeking to commit a respondent to the custody of the department or designated...
• Section 22-52-16 Applicability of article
  This article does not apply to commitment to the custody of the State Department of Mental Health of individuals under the age of 19 years...
• Section 22-52-17 Public facilities other than Department of Mental Health not required to perform mental evaluations; exceptions
  Notwithstanding any other language in this article, the following limitations shall apply. No public facility other than the Department of Mental Health may be required...
• Article 2 Commitment, Recommitment or Continuation in Custody of State of Certain Persons.
• Section 22-52-30 Definitions
  When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) CAPACITY TO PROCEED OR...
• Section 22-52-31 Proceedings for civil commitment of persons accused of crimes, committed to custody of Department of Mental Health and determined to be unable to attain capacity to proceed to trial in foreseeable future; effect of such civil commitment upon statute of limitations, etc
  (a) Upon certification by the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other facility so designated by the commissioner that any person accused of...
• Section 22-52-32 Proceedings where persons accused of crimes and committed to custody of Department of Mental Health found competent to stand trial or charges nolle prossed or dismissed
  Where the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other facility so designated by the commissioner, after evaluation by appropriate members of the medical...
• Section 22-52-33 Proceedings for civil commitment of persons in custody of Department of Mental Health who have been adjudicated "not guilty by reason of insanity."
  Where any person who is currently in the custody of the Department of Mental Health has been adjudicated "not guilty by reason of insanity" pursuant...
• Section 22-52-34 Proceedings for reevaluation and civil commitment or transfer of certain persons in custody of Department of Mental Health
  (a) Where any person is in the custody of the Department of Mental Health pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter, the...
• Section 22-52-35 Appointment of special probate judges for consideration, hearing and entry of orders pertaining to commitment or continued custody of certain persons committed or transferred to facilities of Department of Mental Health; qualifications, powers, etc., of special probate judges; conduct of hearings by special probate judges generally
  (a) Upon application of the commissioner or his designee, the Governor may appoint one or more special judges of probate for the purpose of considering,...
• Section 22-52-36 Compensation of special probate judges
  (a) There is hereby appropriated to the State Comptroller from the general fund of the State Treasurer the sum of $20,000.00 for the purpose of...
• Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment
  (a) Any civil commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and...
• Article 3 Admission, Discharge and Transfer of Mentally Retarded in State Institutions.
• Section 22-52-50 Definitions
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-51 Observation and diagnosis; admission for care; preference in admission
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-52 Discharge of individual admitted voluntarily - Generally
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-53 Discharge of individual admitted voluntarily - Request by parent, etc
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-54 Reception on court order
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-55 Proceedings for court order - Generally
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-56 Proceedings for court order - Expenses
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-57 Discharge and leave
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-58 Transfer of individuals to other institutions
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Article 4 Commitment of Mentally Ill Prisoners.
• Section 22-52-70 Procedure for commitment to mental health facility
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-71 Prerequisites to conveyance of prisoner to mental health facility
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 22-52-72 Report of recovery of prisoners
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Article 5 Temporary Custody of Alleged Mentally Ill Persons by Officers.
• Section 22-52-90 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility other...
• Section 22-52-91 Duty of law enforcement officer, community mental health officer to take into custody alleged mentally ill persons; detention; admission; hearing
  (a) When a law enforcement officer is confronted by circumstances and has reasonable cause for believing that a person within the county is mentally ill...
• Section 22-52-92 Applicability to counties
  (a) This article shall not be applicable to any county unless and until the judge of probate with the approval of the county commission of...
• Section 22-52-93 Costs
  No county shall be required to pay costs associated with the temporary confinement or commitment of a person to a designated mental health facility, including,...
• Chapter 53 SUPPORT OF PERSONS IN STATE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS.
• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 22-53-1 Persons liable for support and maintenance of inmates
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-2 Report by county department of pensions and security
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-3 Proceedings to determine liability
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-4 Monthly bill; changes; judgments
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-5 Bond
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Article 2 Reexamination of Financial Condition of Inmates and Relatives.
• Section 22-53-20 Liability for payment for care and maintenance
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-21 Reexamination of nonpaying inmates required
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-22 Jurisdiction to determine liability
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-23 List of nonpaying inmates to be furnished to probate judges; report by county department of pensions and security
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-24 Proceedings to redetermine liability
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-25 Monthly bill; changes; judgments for payment
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Section 22-53-26 Bond for support
  Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
• Chapter 54 ALABAMA SECURITY MEDICAL FACILITY.
• Section 22-54-1 Establishment authorized; facility to be under jurisdiction of Department of Mental Health; designation
  (a) The Alabama Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to establish an institution for persons displaying evidence of mental illness or psychosocial disorders and...
• Section 22-54-2 Sources from which patients may be admitted to facility
  (a) Patients admitted to the facility may originate from the following sources: (1) Residents of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of...
• Section 22-54-3 Applications for admission; when applications for admission not to be accepted
  (a) All admissions to the facility shall be by written application only. Application shall be made by the head of the state institution, agency, governmental...
• Section 22-54-4 Return of patients to sources from which received; institutions, courts, etc., referring patients to facility to retain constructive jurisdiction over patients; discharge of patients; applicability of support, commitment and release statutes to patients at facility
  (a) When a patient transferred to the facility from any other state institution or admitted by request or order of any agency, governmental body or...
• Section 22-54-5 Final decision as to admission or discharge of patients to rest with superintendent of facility
  The final decision regarding admission and discharge of patients shall rest with the superintendent of the facility.
• Chapter 55 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH.
• Section 22-55-1 Enactment of compact; terms
  The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in...
• Section 22-55-2 Designation of compact administrator; powers and duties thereof generally
  Pursuant to said compact, the state mental health officer shall be the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall...
• Section 22-55-3 Power of compact administrator to enter into supplementary agreements with officials of other states
  The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI...
• Section 22-55-4 Payment of financial obligations of state under compact or supplementary agreements entered into thereunder
  The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the director of finance, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations...
• Chapter 56 MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS' RIGHTS ACT.
• Section 22-56-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act."
• Section 22-56-2 Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CONSUMER. A person who receives or uses mental health services. (2)...
• Section 22-56-3 Legislative declarations
  The Legislature declares that mental health services shall be individualized, empowering, culturally relevant and diverse, flexible, and include natural supports. Mental health services shall also...
• Section 22-56-4 Rights
  (a) Consumers of mental health services have the same general rights as other citizens of Alabama. These rights include but are not limited to the...
• Section 22-56-5 Department to establish official standards for certification
  In order to ensure that consumers of mental health services through state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract to the department...
• Section 22-56-6 Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Penalties; reporting to agencies
  Any provider who abuses, exploits, or neglects a consumer in his or her care shall be subject to the civil and criminal remedies and penalties...
• Section 22-56-7 Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Providers to implement written policies and procedures
  All providers of mental health services in Alabama shall develop and implement written policies and procedures that prohibit abuse, exploitation, or neglect of consumers in...
• Section 22-56-8 Effect of chapter on established standards of medical care; applicability of written policies and procedures
  This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to alter, expand, or diminish established standards of medical care applicable to physicians licensed to practice medicine....
• Section 22-56-9 Construction with other law
  This chapter shall not override any provisions of the Adult Protective Services Act, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 38-9-1) of Title 38, or...
• Section 22-56-10 No reduction or expansion of rights beyond rights guaranteed other persons
  Provided that nothing in this chapter shall reduce or expand the rights of mental health consumers in Alabama beyond the rights guaranteed to any other...
• Chapter 57 AUTISM SUPPORT ACT.
• Article 1 Autism Support Act.
• Section 22-57-1 Short title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Riley Ward Alabama Autism Support Act.
• Section 22-57-2 Legislative findings
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The Centers for Disease Control estimates that nationally 1 in 150 children have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)....
• Section 22-57-3 Definitions
  For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AUTISM SERVICES. Any developmental services that include all of the following:...
• Section 22-57-4 Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council - Composition
  (a) The composition of the council shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic diversity of the state and shall include all...
• Section 22-57-5 Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council - Powers and duties
  The council shall have the following duties and authority: (1) To make recommendations to the Governor regarding the designation of the lead agency. (2) To...
• Section 22-57-6 Monitoring of council activities
  The lead agency shall be responsible for the general administration, supervision, and monitoring of all council activities.
• Section 22-57-7 Implementation of article
  The implementation of this article shall be subject to the availability of appropriations to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the council and members...
• Section 22-57-8 Construction of article
  Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing or allowing the establishment of any medical rule, regulation, policy, protocol, regimen, practice, or medical standard...
• Article 2 Autism Centers.
• Section 22-57-20 Establishment of regional autism centers; constituency board; rules and regulations
  (a)(1) There is established in determined geographic regions of the state one or more autism centers whose purpose is to provide nonresidential resource and training...

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