Missouri Laws 205.975 – Definitions
As used in sections 205.975 to 205.990, the following words and terms mean:
(1) “Board of trustees”, board appointed by a governing body or jointly by governing bodies within a service area for the purposes of administering a county community mental health fund to establish and operate a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services; to supplement existing funds for a center, clinics, or services, or to purchase services from a center, clinics, or public facilities and not-for-profit corporations providing any comprehensive mental health services;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 205.975
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Community mental health center”, a legal entity through which comprehensive mental health services are provided to individuals residing in a certain service area;
(3) “Comprehensive mental health services”, inpatient services, outpatient services, day care and other partial hospitalization services, emergency services, diagnostic and treatment services, liaison and follow-up services, consultation and education services, rehabilitation services, prevention services, screening services, follow-up care services, transitional living services, alcoholism and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment services, and drug addiction and drug abuse prevention and treatment services;
(4) “Department”, department of mental health;
(5) “Governing body”, county commission, county legislature, or other chief legislative body of a county or city not within a county;
(6) “Mental health clinic”, a health entity offering community services delivered from a fixed place or from various places within a service area on an outpatient and consultative basis for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional or mental disorders, alcoholism, or drug abuse;
(7) “Participating counties”, counties which choose to appropriate funds from their general tax revenues or levy and collect special taxes to support, with other counties, a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services;
(8) “Service area”, a defined geographic area as set forth in the state plan for comprehensive mental health services prepared by the department.