Alaska Statutes Title 47, Chapter 47.30, Article 05 - Community Mental Health Services Act

• Sec. 47.30.520 Legislative Purpose.
  It is the purpose of the Community Mental Health Services Act to(1) provide a range of community based inpatient, outpatient, and support services for...
• Sec. 47.30.523 Community Mental Health Program Policy and Principles.
  (a) It is the policy of the state that(1) the community mental health program provide a comprehensive and integrated system of community based facilities,...
• Sec. 47.30.530 Duties of Department.
  (a) The department shall administer the provisions of AS 47.30.520 - 47.30.620 and shall(1) define and develop standards for various levels and qualities of...
• Sec. 47.30.540 Local Community Entities.
  (a) A city or borough government or other political subdivision of the state, a nonprofit corporation, or a combination of these, is eligible to...
• Sec. 47.30.545 Populations to Be Served.
  The entities designated by the department to receive money under AS 47.30.540 (b) shall provide one or more of the services that are set...
• Sec. 47.30.546 Services for Mentally and Emotionally Disturbed. [Repealed, Sec. 49 Ch 66 Sla 1991].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 47.30.547 Standards for Community Mental Health Services.
  An entity that provides community mental health services shall(1) make services available at times and locations that enable residents of the entity's service area...
• Sec. 47.30.550 Cost Sharing Formulas; Use of Income.
  (a) In a district designated by the department as a poverty area, the department may fund not more than 90 percent of the eligible...
• Sec. 47.30.560 Contracts and Expenditures.
  The contracts for services provided for in AS 47.30.520 - 47.30.620 shall be reviewed, revised if necessary, and approved at the expiration of each...
• Sec. 47.30.570 Regulations; Eligible Services and Costs.
  The department shall adopt regulations specifying the types of services and program costs eligible for state participation. These regulations must include(1) a provision excluding...
• Sec. 47.30.580 Comprehensive Services.
  Plans and regulations adopted under AS 47.30.520 - 47.30.620 must allow local programs sufficient administrative and program flexibility so that local community mental health...
• Sec. 47.30.590 Patient Rights and the Confidential Nature of Records and Information.
  (a) The department shall adopt regulations to assure patient rights and to safeguard the confidential nature of records and information about the recipients of...
• Sec. 47.30.600 Applicability to Existing Programs. [Repealed, Sec. 6 Ch 47 Sla 1987].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 47.30.605 Mental Health Advisory Council. [Repealed, Sec. 13 Ch 48 Sla 1987].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 47.30.610 Definitions.
  In AS 47.30.520 - 47.30.610,(1) "authority" means the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority established in AS 47.30.011 ;(2) "department" means the Department of Health...
• Sec. 47.30.620 Short Title.
  AS 47.30.520 - 47.30.620 may be cited as the Community Mental Health Services Act.

Last modified: November 15, 2016