Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 53 > Chapter 21 > Part 12 - Jail Diversion and Crisis Intervention

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Behavioral health inpatient facility: means a facility or a distinct part of a facility of 16 beds or less licensed by the department that is capable of providing secure, inpatient psychiatric services, including services to persons with mental illness and co-occurring chemical dependency. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• Commitment: means an order by a court requiring an individual to receive treatment for a mental disorder. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: means any district court of the state of Montana. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• Emergency situation: means :

  (a)a situation in which any person is in imminent danger of death or bodily harm from the activity of a person who appears to be suffering from a mental disorder and appears to require commitment; or

  (b)a situation in which any person who appears to be suffering from a mental disorder and appears to require commitment is substantially unable to provide for the person's own basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, health, or safety. See Montana Code 53-21-102

• facility: means the state hospital, the Montana mental health nursing care center, or a hospital, a behavioral health inpatient facility, a mental health center, a residential treatment facility, or a residential treatment center licensed or certified by the department that provides treatment to children or adults with a mental disorder. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• Mental disorder: means any organic, mental, or emotional impairment that has substantial adverse effects on an individual's cognitive or volitional functions. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• Patient: means a person committed by the court for treatment for any period of time or who is voluntarily admitted for treatment for any period of time. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Professional person: means :

  (a)a medical doctor;

  (b)an advanced practice registered nurse, as provided for in 37-8-202, with a clinical specialty in psychiatric mental health nursing;

  (c)a licensed psychologist;

  (d)a physician assistant licensed under Title 37, chapter 20, with a clinical specialty in psychiatric mental health; or

  (e)a person who has been certified, as provided for in 53-21-106, by the department. See Montana Code 53-21-102

• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Respondent: means a person alleged in a petition filed pursuant to this part to be suffering from a mental disorder and requiring commitment. See Montana Code 53-21-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• State hospital: means the Montana state hospital. See Montana Code 53-21-102