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Section 22-56-3 – Legislative Declarations.

Section 22-56-3 Legislative declarations. The Legislature declares that mental health services shall be individualized, empowering, culturally relevant and diverse, flexible, and include natural supports. Mental health services shall also be provided in a way which is normalizing as well as respectful of the rights, responsibilities, and feelings of each consumer. Mental health services shall also […]

Section 22-54-1 – Establishment Authorized; Facility to Be Under Jurisdiction of Department of Mental Health; Designation.

Section 22-54-1 Establishment authorized; facility to be under jurisdiction of Department of Mental Health; designation. (a) The Alabama Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to establish an institution for persons displaying evidence of mental illness or psychosocial disorders and requiring diagnostic services and treatment in a security setting. (b) The institution shall be under […]

Section 22-54-2 – Sources From Which Patients May Be Admitted to Facility.

Section 22-54-2 Sources from which patients may be admitted to facility. (a) Patients admitted to the facility may originate from the following sources: (1) Residents of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of Mental Health; (2) Commitments by the courts as mentally incompetent to stand trial under applicable state law; (3) Referrals […]

Section 22-52-93 – Costs.

Section 22-52-93 Costs. No county shall be required to pay costs associated with the temporary confinement or commitment of a person to a designated mental health facility, including, but not limited to, the cost of housing and treatment. All costs associated with a probable cause hearing, including cost of counsel, shall be paid by the […]

Section 22-54-4 – Return of Patients to Sources From Which Received; Institutions, Courts, etc., Referring Patients to Facility to Retain Constructive Jurisdiction Over Patients; Discharge of Patients; Applicability of Support, Commitment and Release Statutes to Patients at Facility.

Section 22-54-4 Return of patients to sources from which received; institutions, courts, etc., referring patients to facility to retain constructive jurisdiction over patients; discharge of patients; applicability of support, commitment and release statutes to patients at facility. (a) When a patient transferred to the facility from any other state institution or admitted by request or […]