The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining the compact in the form substantially as follows: Interstate Compact on Mental Health The contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the […]
The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee shall be the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, has the power to adopt rules to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of this state and its subdivisions in […]
The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact compiled in § 33-9-201. If the supplementary agreements involve the use of a facility or facility of this state or the provision of any service by this state, the agreement shall have […]
The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.
The compact administrator shall consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from a facility in this state to a facility in another party state, take no final action without approval of the court that committed the proposed transferee.
Duly authorized copies of this part shall, upon its approval, be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the administrator of general services of the United States, and the council of state governments.
The compact administrator shall not agree to accept any person with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, alcohol dependence, drug dependence, or developmental disability who does not meet the applicable standards for service under this title other than any requirement of being a state resident.
