The 'adolescent residential treatment facility' is created. The adolescent residential treatment facility shall provide a residential treatment program designed for treating adolescents with serious emotional disturbances for the purpose of developing skills necessary for successful transition into the community. The facility shall include a therapeutic environment by establishing a therapeutic milieu or by using a reeducation model that emphasizes the building of competencies. History: Laws 1992, ch. 60, § 4.
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