Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health

• 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
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Community mental health centers: means the eight (8) private, nonprofit agencies established pursuant to 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
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Diagnosis and evaluation: means a process to determine whether and to what extent an individual has a serious mental illness and a study of the individual's condition, situation, and needs that lead to a recommendation of what services, if any, would benefit the individual. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-5.4-7
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• 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