Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-5. Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are as follows:
(1) To advance the public interest, to promote, safeguard and protect the human dignity, constitutional and statutory rights and liberties, social well-being and general welfare of all residents with serious mental illness of the state;
(2) To provide or to secure certain social, protective, supportive, rehabilitative, emergency, and other types of appropriate services for adults with serious mental illness;
(3) To establish, maintain and coordinate a comprehensive, effective, and efficient system of services for persons with serious mental illness;
(4) To promote the coordination of all available services, both general and specialized, for adults with serious mental illness, under public and private auspices; and
(5) To ensure that adults with serious mental illness who receive services from agencies or facilities licensed by the department pursuant to § 40.1-24-1 et seq., receive psychiatric, social, rehabilitative, housing assistance, and case-management services as prescribed in an individualized treatment plan, developed with the participation of the adult with serious mental illness, and when possible, his or her family or guardian or interested friend.
History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-5
- Adult with serious mental illness: means a person with serious mental illness, eighteen (18) years or older and not under the jurisdiction of the department of children, youth and families. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7
- Department: means the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Individualized treatment plan: means a written plan, however named, that includes, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(i) An evaluation of the strengths, difficulties, needs, and goals of the individual;
(ii) A description of those services, including supportive, rehabilitative, housing assistance, and case-management services, found to be necessary or appropriate to assist the individual in realizing his or her potential for self-sufficiency in major life activities and in moving towards recovery;
(iii) A description of the agencies and/or individuals, who or that are proposed to provide each of the recommended services;
(iv) The intermediate and long-range objectives for the individual's rehabilitation and well-being;
(v) The expected duration for the provision of each of the services;
(vi) A description of the tests and other evaluative devices used and their results;
(vii) Proposed criteria for monitoring and evaluating the success of the services in meeting the individual's needs; and
(viii) The signatures of the preparers of the plan and the date the plan was prepared. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7
- Serious mental illness: means an illness which is biologically based, severe in degree, and persistent in duration, which causes a substantially diminished level of functioning in the primary aspects of daily living and an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life, which may lead to an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without long-term treatment and support and which may be of lifetime duration. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7