Section 12. The department shall establish a comprehensive program of community mental health services which shall include state hospitals, clinics, comprehensive centers and other facilities of the department, and to promote such programs the department shall divide the commonwealth into service areas for the conduct of said mental health services, and shall establish standards for the development of said community programs.
Each area shall be drawn so as to include and to allow for the development of mental health services and facilities, as needed, which shall be readily accessible to the people in the area, taking into consideration such factors as geographic boundaries, roads and other means of transportation, population concentration, city, town and county lines, other relevant community services, and community economic and social relationships.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
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 2 - Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Appointments by Commissioner; Report; Salary
Section 3 - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications
Section 4 - Assistant, Deputy or Associate Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications
Section 6 - Program for Training of Residents in Psychiatry and Other Professional Disciplines
Section 7 - State Facilities Under Department Control; Admission
Section 8 - Superintendents or Directors; Vacancies; Appointments; Qualifications; Officers
Section 10 - Crimes Committed by or Upon Persons on Facility Premises or Persons in Care of Facility
Section 11 - Mental Health Advisory Council
Section 12 - Community Mental Health Services
Section 13 - Community Mental Health Area Directors
Section 14 - Community Mental Health Area Boards
Section 15 - Duties and Powers of Area Boards
Section 16 - Development and Maintenance of Community Mental Health Services
Section 16a - Program to Provide Remote Mental Health Consultations
Section 17 - Area Advisory Committees
Section 18 - Rules and Regulations
Section 19 - Inpatient Psychiatric, Residential or Day Care Services; Licenses
Section 20 - Mental Health Facility Employees; Civil Service Exemption
Section 21 - Interagency Agreements With Developmental Services Department
Section 22 - Consultation of Commissioner for Behavioral Health Services for Children
Section 23 - Children's Behavioral Research Center; Powers and Duties; Annual Report
Section 24 - Notification of Parent or Guardian of Child Receiving Inpatient Psychiatric Services
Section 25 - Center for Responsive Training in Crisis Intervention