36-550. Definitions
(L92, Ch. 301, sec. 26. Eff. until 7/1/16)
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Community residential treatment system" means a statewide system of community based residential treatment programs for the seriously mentally ill which provides a wide range of services as alternatives to institutionalization and in the least restrictive setting.
2. " Deputy director" means the deputy director of the division of behavioral health in the department of health services.
3. " Division" means the division of behavioral health in the department of health services.
4. " Seriously mentally ill" means persons, who as a result of a mental disorder as defined in section 36-501 exhibit emotional or behavioral functioning which is so impaired as to interfere substantially with their capacity to remain in the community without supportive treatment or services of a long-term or indefinite duration. In these persons mental disability is severe and persistent, resulting in a long-term limitation of their functional capacities for primary activities of daily living such as interpersonal relationships, homemaking, self-care, employment and recreation.
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