§ 41-30-1. Title
This chapter shall be cited as the “Comprehensive Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Prevention, Control and Treatment Act of 1974.”
§ 41-30-11. Statewide plan; use of local and private facilities; acceptance and expenditures of gifts, grants, etc.
The division, subject to applicable provisions of law, may arrange for the use of local and private treatment facilities on a cooperative basis by contractual, cost-sharing, or other method of joint or shared support whenever the director, subject to the policies of the board, considers this to be the most effective and economical course to […]
§ 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 […]
§ 41-30-15. Rules and regulations
The division shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including those criteria for approved facilities.
§ 41-30-17. Inspections
The division shall periodically inspect all approved facilities at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.
§ 41-30-19. Treatment of public intoxicated offenders in lieu of execution of sentence
The judge of any court, before whom appears an individual charged with a second or subsequent offense of public intoxication, may, upon a plea of guilty or conviction suspend execution of sentence and require the offender to participate in and complete a prescribed course of alcohol abuse treatment and rehabilitation. The judge shall consult with […]
§ 41-30-21. Voluntary submission to treatment for alcoholism or drug dependency; application
Any person may voluntarily apply for treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, substance dependency or drug dependency, directly to any approved public or private treatment facility. If the patient is a minor or an incompetent, the application for voluntary inpatient, intermediate, or outpatient treatment, and the request for discharge from an inpatient institution, shall be made […]
§ 41-30-23. Voluntary submission to treatment; admission and duration of in-patient treatment
The administrator in charge of any approved public or private in-patient, out-patient, or intermediate facility, subject to the rules and regulations established by the division, may determine who shall be admitted for treatment; provided no person shall be retained by the treatment facility upon voluntary commitment on an in-patient basis for a period in excess […]
§ 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 […]
§ 41-30-29. Supplemental nature of provisions for emergency involuntary commitment
The provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of Section 41-30-27 shall be supplemental and in addition to the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, which pertain to commitment of alcoholics.
§ 41-30-3. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the definition ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” shall mean the Mississippi State Board of Health, or in the event the 1974 Regular Session shall enact House Bill 411 and thereby, upon approval by the Governor, create a Board of Mental Health, the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 41-30-5. Division of alcohol and drug misuse; qualifications of director
There is hereby created a division of alcohol and drug misuse within the Mississippi State Board of Health or, if the 1974 Regular Session shall enact House Bill 411 and thereby, upon approval by the governor, create a board of mental health or department of mental health, then the division shall be created in such […]
§ 41-30-7. General duties of division
The division shall have the following duties: To formulate, develop and implement a statewide plan for the prevention and detection of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and the care, treatment and rehabilitation of alcohol abusers and alcoholics. The division shall also implement the statewide plan through approved public and private treatment facilities including regional and community […]
§ 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 […]