§ 7255

System of care The Commissioner of Mental Health shall coordinate a geographically diverse system and continuum of mental health care throughout the State that shall include at least the following: (1) comprehensive and coordinated community services, including prevention, to serve children, families, and adults at all stages of mental condition or psychiatric disability; (2) peer services, which may include:(A) a warm line;(B) peer-provided transportation services;(C) peer-supported crisis services; and(D) peer-supported hospital diversion services;(3) alternative treatment options for individuals seeking to avoid or reduce reliance on medications; (4) recovery-oriented housing programs;(5) intensive residential recovery facilities;(6) appropriate and adequate psychiatric inpatient capacity for voluntary patients;(7) appropriate and adequate psychiatric inpatient capacity for involuntary inpatient treatment services, including persons receiving treatment through court order from a civil or criminal court; (8) a secure residential recovery facility; and(9) a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff.

ugh court order from a civil or criminal court; (8) a secure residential recovery facility; and(9) a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101; 2023, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2024.)