Effective - 01 Jan 1991, 2 histories
205.975. Definitions. — As used in sections 205.975 to 205.990, the following words and terms mean:
(1) "Board of trustees", board appointed by a governing body or jointly by governing bodies within a service area for the purposes of administering a county community mental health fund to establish and operate a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services; to supplement existing funds for a center, clinics, or services, or to purchase services from a center, clinics, or public facilities and not-for-profit corporations providing any comprehensive mental health services;
(2) "Community mental health center", a legal entity through which comprehensive mental health services are provided to individuals residing in a certain service area;
(3) "Comprehensive mental health services", inpatient services, outpatient services, day care and other partial hospitalization services, emergency services, diagnostic and treatment services, liaison and follow-up services, consultation and education services, rehabilitation services, prevention services, screening services, follow-up care services, transitional living services, alcoholism and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment services, and drug addiction and drug abuse prevention and treatment services;
(4) "Department", department of mental health;
(5) "Governing body", county commission, county legislature, or other chief legislative body of a county or city not within a county;
(6) "Mental health clinic", a health entity offering community services delivered from a fixed place or from various places within a service area on an outpatient and consultative basis for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional or mental disorders, alcoholism, or drug abuse;
(7) "Participating counties", counties which choose to appropriate funds from their general tax revenues or levy and collect special taxes to support, with other counties, a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services;
(8) "Service area", a defined geographic area as set forth in the state plan for comprehensive mental health services prepared by the department.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 168 § 1, A.L. 1978 S.B. 652, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1383)
Effective 1-1-91
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs
Section 205.010 - Petition of voters — maximum tax rate — submission of question.
Section 205.020 - Form of ballot — vote necessary to adopt.
Section 205.041 - Trustees, election, ballot — vacancies, how filled.
Section 205.042 - Trustees — organization — powers and duties — expenses.
Section 205.050 - Purpose of health center.
Section 205.060 - Limitations on use of facilities.
Section 205.070 - Center may accept gifts.
Section 205.080 - Building plans — bids.
Section 205.090 - Report to county commission — estimated budget.
Section 205.100 - Director of public health center — appointment.
Section 205.110 - Qualifications of employees.
Section 205.120 - No discrimination in healing methods.
Section 205.141 - Tax levy noncharter first class counties, exception.
Section 205.150 - Determination of tax levy (first class counties).
Section 205.160 - Establishment and maintenance of hospitals — bonds.
Section 205.161 - County commission may issue revenue bonds — purpose — how payable.
Section 205.162 - Bonds, rate, denomination, maturity — negotiable.
Section 205.165 - Investment of moneys in an investment company, when.
Section 205.170 - Board of trustees — tenure — vacancies.
Section 205.180 - Election of trustees, when required — ballot.
Section 205.195 - Bylaws of board of trustees, contents — applications to practice, contents.
Section 205.210 - Hospital tax levy (first class charter counties).
Section 205.220 - Determination of tax levy (first class counties).
Section 205.230 - Appropriation of general fund, when.
Section 205.240 - Property condemned, when.
Section 205.250 - Specifications — bids — notice.
Section 205.260 - Jurisdiction of towns.
Section 205.270 - Beneficiaries of hospital.
Section 205.280 - Board to prescribe rules.
Section 205.290 - Title to donations.
Section 205.300 - Equal privileges to practitioners — rights of patient.
Section 205.310 - Training school for nurses.
Section 205.320 - Board to provide detention room.
Section 205.330 - Board to determine charity patients.
Section 205.340 - Tuberculous residents, how cared for.
Section 205.350 - County commission may purchase land for county hospitals — issuance of bonds.
Section 205.360 - County poor to be kept in county hospital.
Section 205.370 - County commission to make rules and regulations — expenses, how paid.
Section 205.371 - Revenue bonds authorized, when — not an indebtedness of the issuing authority.
Section 205.374 - County hospital property, sale of, procedure for, receipts, how used.
Section 205.379 - Authority to employ counsel granted — counsel, how paid.
Section 205.460 - Tax for hospital purposes — petition for election.
Section 205.470 - County commission to appoint board of trustees.
Section 205.480 - Vacancies, how filled.
Section 205.490 - Members shall elect officers, adopt bylaws — quorum.
Section 205.500 - Treasurer to give bond.
Section 205.510 - Secretary — salary — duties — compensation of treasurer.
Section 205.520 - Board to control expenditures — employ help.
Section 205.530 - Meeting of board — report.
Section 205.540 - Bequests and donations accepted by trustees.
Section 205.550 - Special taxes for hospital collected as township taxes.
Section 205.560 - Discontinuance of tax, when — disposition of property.
Section 205.565 - Grants for caring communities programs.
Section 205.765 - Health and welfare department authorized — certain counties excepted.
Section 205.767 - Director of health and welfare, appointment, compensation, assistants.
Section 205.780 - Additional powers of board — employees (second class counties).
Section 205.800 - Board, organization (second class counties).
Section 205.810 - Treasurer — bond — duties (second class counties).
Section 205.820 - Board — records — reports (second class counties).
Section 205.830 - Board to furnish relief — investigations — prosecutions (second class counties).
Section 205.840 - Board of police commissioners to aid social welfare board (second class counties).
Section 205.860 - Compensation fixed by county commission (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.880 - May be agent for department of social services (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.910 - Cooperation with state employment bureaus (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.930 - Investigation of poor, sick and delinquent (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.940 - Records of cases kept (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.950 - Report of work and proceedings (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.961 - Family support division to regulate.
Section 205.963 - Food stamps not to be distributed unless county has program, exceptions.
Section 205.964 - Reimbursement to federal government, how made.
Section 205.968 - Facilities authorized — persons to be served, limitations, definitions.
Section 205.971 - Tax levy, approval, use.
Section 205.972 - Maximum tax — ballot form.
Section 205.973 - Employers of workshop participants not liable for city head tax.
Section 205.975 - Definitions.
Section 205.976 - Department to establish service areas.
Section 205.977 - Tax authorized.
Section 205.979 - Election — notice — ballot form — how conducted.
Section 205.980 - Tax to be levied and collected, when — rate — deposit of funds collected.
Section 205.981 - May contract for services — length of contract.
Section 205.983 - Joint financing, procedure — treasurer to be bonded.
Section 205.985 - Existing facilities may be utilized.
Section 205.986 - Powers and duties of board of trustees.
Section 205.987 - Duties of department as to standards — to be met, when.
Section 205.988 - Additional duties of department.
Section 205.989 - Payment for services — services not to be denied for inability to pay.