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§ 41-30-25. After-care treatment and assistance

Upon his or her discharge from, or upon leaving, an approved public or private treatment facility, a patient who was receiving treatment for alcoholism or for drug addiction or dependency shall be encouraged to consent to appropriate outpatient, intermediate care, or other after-care treatment. If it appears to the administrator in charge of the treatment […]

§ 41-30-27. Emergency involuntary commitment; alcoholics; drug addicts

A person may be admitted to an approved public or private treatment facility for emergency care and treatment upon a decree of the chancery court accepting an application for admission thereto accompanied by the certificate of two (2) licensed physicians. The application shall be to the chancery court of the county of such person’s residence […]

§ 41-30-31. Involuntary commitment exceeding five days

Involuntary commitment of an individual to an approved public or private treatment facility for treatment or rehabilitation for a period in excess of five (5) days shall be according to the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 31, Mississippi Code of 1972.

§ 41-30-33. Confidentiality of records; conditions for disclosure

The registration and other records of services by approved treatment facilities, whether in-patient, intermediate or out-patient, authorized by this chapter, shall remain confidential, and information which has been entered in the records shall be considered privileged information. No part of the records shall be disclosed without the consent of the person to whom it pertains, […]

§ 41-30-35. Charge against person treated and his estate

Reasonable charges and expenses for the care, maintenance and treatment of alcoholics in any approved public treatment facility under any provision of this chapter shall be a lawful charge against the person and estate of said alcoholic.

§ 41-30-37. Right of private facility to payment for services

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, no approved private treatment facility, whether an out-patient or an in-patient unit, shall be required to accept any person for treatment through commitment proceedings or otherwise, unless adequate arrangements for payment of the cost of such services are made, whether paid by the patient or by the […]

§ 41-30-9. Statewide plan; services and facilities to be included

The division shall establish a comprehensive statewide plan for the identification of alcohol abuse and treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics and intoxicated persons. The statewide plan shall include a variety of treatment methods, and shall provide or arrange for a variety of approved treatment facilities so that the needs of persons suffering from alcoholism, and […]

§ 41-30-13. Statewide plan; approval or certification of facilities

The division shall approve or certify all private and public treatment facilities as an approved facility under the statewide plan before such facility shall be eligible to receive any funds to which it may be entitled under the provisions of this chapter. Such approved status shall be valid for one (1) calendar year, and each […]