Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 19 - Department of Mental Health

Section 1 - Creation; Powers of Department and Commissioner; Safety Symposium - Section 1. There shall be a department of mental health,...

Section 2 - Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Appointments by Commissioner; Report; Salary - Section 2. The secretary of health and human services shall...

Section 3 - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications - Section 3. The commissioner shall appoint, with the approval of...

Section 4 - Assistant, Deputy or Associate Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications - Section 4. The commissioner shall appoint, subject to appropriation, such...

Section 5 - Legal Counsel - Section 5. The commissioner shall appoint a member of the...

Section 6 - Program for Training of Residents in Psychiatry and Other Professional Disciplines - Section 6. The commissioner may establish a program for the...

Section 7 - State Facilities Under Department Control; Admission - Section 7. The state facilities under the control of the...

Section 8 - Superintendents or Directors; Vacancies; Appointments; Qualifications; Officers - Section 8. When a vacancy occurs in the positions of...

Section 8a - Boards of Trustees for Taunton State Hospital and Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital - Section 8A. The governor shall appoint a board of trustees...

Section 10 - Crimes Committed by or Upon Persons on Facility Premises or Persons in Care of Facility - Section 10. The superintendent of any state hospital or the...

Section 11 - Mental Health Advisory Council - Section 11. There shall be a mental health advisory council...

Section 11a - Disclosure of Financial Interest in Department Contracts by Human Rights Advisory Committee Members - Section 11A. Nothing in section 7 of chapter 268A shall...

Section 12 - Community Mental Health Services - Section 12. The department shall establish a comprehensive program of...

Section 13 - Community Mental Health Area Directors - Section 13. The commissioner shall, after consultation with the area...

Section 14 - Community Mental Health Area Boards - Section 14. In each area established under section twelve there...

Section 15 - Duties and Powers of Area Boards - Section 15. The area board shall have the following duties...

Section 16 - Development and Maintenance of Community Mental Health Services - Section 16. The department shall develop and maintain, subject to...

Section 16a - Program to Provide Remote Mental Health Consultations - Section 16A. (a) Subject to appropriation, the department shall operate...

Section 17 - Area Advisory Committees - Section 17. The area board may appoint such advisory committees...

Section 18 - Rules and Regulations - Section 18. The department may from time to time adopt...

Section 19 - Inpatient Psychiatric, Residential or Day Care Services; Licenses - Section 19. (a) The department shall issue for a term...

Section 20 - Mental Health Facility Employees; Civil Service Exemption - Section 20. Stationary engineers, steam firemen, school teachers and head...

Section 21 - Interagency Agreements With Developmental Services Department - Section 21. Subject to approval by the secretary of health...

Section 22 - Consultation of Commissioner for Behavioral Health Services for Children - Section 22. The commissioner of mental health shall be consulted...

Section 23 - Children's Behavioral Research Center; Powers and Duties; Annual Report - Section 23. There shall be, within the department of mental...

Section 24 - Notification of Parent or Guardian of Child Receiving Inpatient Psychiatric Services - Section 24. If the department is notified that a child...

Section 25 - Center for Responsive Training in Crisis Intervention - Section 25. (a) Subject to appropriation, within the department of...