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 services provided under this chapter. The regulations must require that entities identified in AS 47.30.540(b) develop and include in any plan submitted for approval adequate provisions for safeguarding confidential information. The […]
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 44.25.200; (2) “department” means the Department of Health; (3) “persons with mental disorders” means persons with disorders currently included within nationally accepted diagnostic systems of the mental health professions; (4) “trust” has the meaning given in AS 44.25.295.
Sec. 47.30.620. Short title.
AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620 may be cited as the 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 persons with mental disorders; (2) assist communities in planning, organizing, and financing community mental health services through locally developed, administered, and controlled community mental health programs; (3) better develop and use […]