§ 9006. Transportation—Article VI
§ 9006. Transportation—Article VI The duly accredited officers of any state party to this compact, upon the establishment of their authority and the identity of the patient, shall be permitted to transport any patient being moved pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact, without interference. (Added 1967, No. 305 […]
§ 9007. Costs— Article VII
§ 9007. Costs— Article VII (a) No person shall be deemed a patient of more than one institution at any given time. Completion of transfer of any patient to an institution in a receiving state shall have the effect of making the person a patient of the institution in the receiving state. (b) The sending […]
§ 9008. Guardians—Article VIII
§ 9008. Guardians—Article VIII (a) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abridge, diminish, or in any way impair the rights, duties, and responsibilities of any patient’s guardian on his or her own behalf or in respect of any patient for whom he or she may serve, except that where the transfer of any […]
§ 9009. Criminal patients—Article IX
§ 9009. Criminal patients—Article IX (a) No provision of this compact except Article V shall apply to any person institutionalized while under sentence in a penal or correctional institution or while subject to trial on a criminal charge, or whose institutionalization is due to the commission of an offense for which, in the absence of […]
§ 9010. Compact administrator—Article X
§ 9010. Compact administrator—Article X (a) Each party state shall appoint a “compact administrator” who, on behalf of his or her state, shall act as general coordinator of activities under the compact in his or her state and who shall receive copies of all reports, correspondence and other documents relating to any patient processed under […]
§ 9011. Supplementary agreements—Article XI
§ 9011. Supplementary agreements—Article XI The duly constituted administrative authorities of any two or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements for the provision of any service or facility or for the maintenance of any institution on a joint or cooperative basis whenever the states concerned shall find that such agreements will improve services, […]
§ 9012. Adoption; effect—Article XII
§ 9012. Adoption; effect—Article XII This compact shall enter into full force and effect as to any state when enacted by it into law and such state shall thereafter be a party thereto with any and all states legally joining therein. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
§ 9013. Withdrawal—Article XIII
§ 9013. Withdrawal—Article XIII (a) A state party to this compact may withdraw therefrom by enacting a statute repealing the same. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year after notice thereof has been communicated officially and in writing to the governors and compact administrators of all other party states. However, the withdrawal of any state […]
§ 9014. Construction; separability of provisions—Article XIV
§ 9014. Construction; separability of provisions—Article XIV This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United […]
§ 8913. Minimum program standards and other regulations
§ 8913. Minimum program standards and other regulations (a) The Commissioners shall establish minimum program standards for services provided by community mental health and developmental disability agencies. Minimum program standards shall specify the basic activities and resources which are necessary for the implementation of such programs. (b) The procedure for establishing such standards shall be […]