T66CH12
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66-1201
TITLE 66 STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 12 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH 66-1201. Enactment of compact. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting states solemnly agree that: ARTICLE I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action, to the benefit of the patients, their families, and society as a whole. Further, the party states find that the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bears no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary, the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient under a system that recognizes the paramount importance of patient welfare and to establish the responsibilities of the party states in terms of such welfare. ARTICLE II As used in this compact: (a) Sending state shall mean a party state from which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or from which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent. (b) Receiving state shall mean a party state to which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or to which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent. (c) Institution shall mean any hospital or other facility maintained by a party state or political subdivision thereof for the care and treatment of mental illness or mental deficiency. (d) Patient shall mean any person subject to or eligible as determined by the laws of the sending state, for institutionalization or other care, treatment, or supervision pursuant to the provisions of this compact. (e) After-care shall mean care, treatment and services provided a patient, as defined herein, or convalescent status or conditional release. (f) Mental illness shall mean mental disease to such extent that a person so afflicted requires care and treatment for his own welfare, or the welfare of others, or of the community. (g) Mental deficiency shall mean mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person so afflicted is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, but shall not include mental illness as defined herein. (h) State shall mean any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. ARTICLE III (a) Whenever a person physically present in any party state shall be in need of institutionalization by reason of mental
66-1202
TITLE 66 STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 12 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH 66-1202. Compact administrator. Pursuant to said compact, the governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. Said compact administrator shall serve subject to the pleasure of the governor. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state thereunder. History: [66-1202, added 1961, ch. 239, sec. 2, p. 385.]
66-1203
TITLE 66 STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 12 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH 66-1203. Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service. History: [66-1203, added 1961, ch. 239, sec. 3, p. 385.]
66-1204
TITLE 66 STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 12 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH 66-1204. Finances. The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the board of examiners, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder. History: [66-1204, added 1961, ch. 239, sec. 4, p. 385.]
66-1205
TITLE 66 STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 12 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH 66-1205. Transmission of copies of act. Duly authenticated copies of this act shall, upon its approval, be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the secretary of state of the United States, and the Council of State Governments. History: [66-1205, added 1961, ch. 239, sec. 5, p. 385.]