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18 V.S.A. § 7254
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 174 - Mental Health System of Care|§ 7254. Integration of the treatment for mental health, substance abuse, and physical health

§ 7254. Integration of the treatment for mental health, substance abuse, and physical health|(a) The Director of Health Care Reform and the Commissioners of Mental Health, of Health, and of Vermont Health Access and the Green Mountain Care Board or designees shall ensure that the redesign of the mental health delivery system established in this chapter is an integral component of the health care reform efforts coordinated pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 3027. Specifically, the Director, Commissioners, and Board shall confer on planning efforts necessary to ensure that the following initiatives are coordinated and advanced:  (1) any health information technology projects; (2) the integration of health insurance benefits in the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange to the extent feasible under federal law; (3) the integration of coverage under Green Mountain Care; (4) the Blueprint for Health; (5) the reformation of payment systems for health services to the extent allowable under federal law or under federal waivers; and (6) other initiatives as necessary.   (b) The Department of Financial Regulation shall ensure that private payers are educated about their obligation to reimburse providers for less restrictive and less expensive alternatives to hospitalization. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 2, 2012; 2017, No. 85, § F.8, eff. June 28, 2017.)
18 V.S.A. § 7255
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 174 - Mental Health System of Care|§ 7255. System of care

§ 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; and (8) a secure residential recovery facility. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101.)
18 V.S.A. § 7256
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 174 - Mental Health System of Care|§ 7256. Reporting requirements

§ 7256. Reporting requirements|Notwithstanding 2 V.S.A. § 20(d), the Department of Mental Health shall report annually on or before January 15 to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and the House Committee on Human Services regarding the extent to which individuals with a mental health condition or psychiatric disability receive care in the most integrated and least restrictive setting available. The Department shall consider measures from a variety of sources, including the Joint Commission, the National Quality Forum, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The report shall address:  (1) use of services across the continuum of mental health services; (2) adequacy of the capacity at each level of care across the continuum of mental health services; (3) individual experience of care and satisfaction; (4) individual recovery in terms of clinical, social, and legal results; (5) performance of the State's mental health system of care as compared to nationally recognized standards of excellence; (6) ways in which patient autonomy and self-determination are maximized within the context of involuntary treatment and medication; (7) performance measures that demonstrate results and other data on individuals for whom petitions for involuntary medication are filed; and (8) progress on alternative treatment options across the system of care for individuals seeking to avoid or reduce reliance on medications, including supported withdrawal from medications. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101; 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2015, No. 11, § 19.)
18 V.S.A. § 7257
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 174 - Mental Health System of Care|§ 7257. Reportable adverse events

§ 7257. Reportable adverse events|(a) An acute inpatient hospital, an intensive residential recovery facility, a designated agency, or a secure residential facility shall report to the Department of Mental Health instances of death or serious bodily injury to individuals with a mental condition or psychiatric disability in the custody or temporary custody of the Commissioner.(b) An acute inpatient hospital shall report to the Department of Mental Health any staff injuries caused by a person in the custody or temporary custody of the Commissioner that are reported to both the Department of Labor and to the hospital's workers' compensation carrier. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101; 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
18 V.S.A. § 7258
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 174 - Mental Health System of Care|§ 7258. Review of adverse community events

§ 7258. Review of adverse community events|The Department of Mental Health shall establish a system that ensures the comprehensive review of a death or serious bodily injury occurring outside an acute inpatient hospital when the individual causing or victimized by the death or serious bodily injury is in the custody of the Commissioner or had been in the custody of the Commissioner within six months of the event. The Department shall review each event for the purpose of determining whether the death or serious bodily injury was the result of inappropriate or inadequate services within the mental health system and, if so, how the failure shall be remedied. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012.)
18 V.S.A. § 7259
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 174 - Mental Health System of Care|§ 7259. Mental Health Care Ombudsman

§ 7259. Mental Health Care Ombudsman|(a) The Department of Mental Health shall establish the Office of the Mental Health Care Ombudsman within the agency designated by the Governor as the protection and advocacy system for the State pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 10801 et seq. The agency may execute the duties of the Office of the Mental Health Care Ombudsman, including authority to assist individuals with mental health conditions and to advocate for policy issues on their behalf; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to impose any additional duties on the agency in excess of the requirements under federal law.(b) The agency may provide a report annually to the General Assembly regarding the implementation of this section.(c) In the event the protection and advocacy system ceases to provide federal funding to the agency for the purposes described in this section, the General Assembly may allocate sufficient funds to maintain the Office of the Mental Health Care Ombudsman.(d) The Department of Mental Health shall provide a copy of the certificate of need for all emergency involuntary procedures performed on a person in the custody or temporary custody of the Commissioner to the Office of the Mental Health Care Ombudsman on a monthly basis. (Added 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 11f; amended 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
18 V.S.A. § 7301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7301. Creation

§ 7301. Creation|The State Board of Mental Health is created. It shall consist of seven persons, two of whom are physicians and one an attorney. A member may not be a trustee, officer, or employee of any institution for mental patients. Biennially the Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, two or three members for terms of six years in such manner that three terms expire in each third biennial year and two in other biennial years. The Board, with the advice of the Commissioner, shall make Department policy. Biennially or when a vacancy occurs the Board shall elect a Chair and a Secretary. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7302. Subcommittee on institutions

§ 7302. Subcommittee on institutions|The Board may delegate to a subcommittee on institutions, composed of two doctors and a lawyer, its functions under sections 7305, 7306, and 7308-7313 of this title; and the action of a majority of the subcommittee shall be that of the Board. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7304. Persons not hospitalized

§ 7304. Persons not hospitalized|The Board shall have general jurisdiction of persons with an intellectual disability or mental illness who have been discharged from a hospital by authority of the Board. It shall also have jurisdiction of persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability of the State not hospitalized, so far as concerns their physical and mental condition and their care, management, and medical treatment and shall make such orders therein as each case duly brought to its attention requires. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 102; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 100.)
18 V.S.A. § 7305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7305. Powers of Board

§ 7305. Powers of Board|The Board may administer oaths, summon witnesses before it in a case under investigation, and discharge by its order, in writing, any person confined as a patient in a hospital whom it finds on investigation to be wrongfully hospitalized or in a condition to warrant discharge. The Board shall discharge patients, not criminals, who have eloped from a hospital and have not been apprehended at the expiration of six months from the time of their elopement. The Board shall not order the discharge of a patient without giving the superintendent of the hospital an opportunity to be heard. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7309. Referrals from Governor

§ 7309. Referrals from Governor|The Governor may refer the case of a patient in a hospital to the Board for its investigation. The Board shall investigate the case and by its order grant such relief as each case requires. If the Board is without power to grant the necessary relief it shall cause proceedings to be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the State, in order to obtain the necessary relief and promote the ends of justice and humanity. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7310
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7310. Petition for inquiry

§ 7310. Petition for inquiry|The attorney or guardian of a patient or any other interested party may apply to the Board to inquire into the treatment and hospitalization of a patient, and the Board shall take appropriate action upon the application. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7311. Investigation

§ 7311. Investigation|If, in the judgment of the Board, an investigation is necessary, it shall appoint a time and place for hearing and give the patient's attorney, guardian, spouse, parent, adult child, or interested party, if any, in that order, and the head of the hospital reasonable notice thereof. At the time appointed, it shall conduct a hearing and make any lawful order the case requires. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 101.)
18 V.S.A. § 7312
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7312. Penalty; failure to obey summons

§ 7312. Penalty; failure to obey summons|A person legally summoned as a witness before the Board on behalf of the State, or summoned by other parties with a tender of his or her fees, which shall be the same as those allowed witnesses in a Criminal Division of the Superior Court, who willfully and wrongfully refuses to attend or testify shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $10.00, or both. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238.)
18 V.S.A. § 7313
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7313. Board shall visit institution

§ 7313. Board shall visit institution|The Board shall ascertain by examination and inquiry whether the laws relating to individuals in custody or control are properly observed and may use all necessary means to collect all desired information. It shall carefully inspect every part of the hospital or training school visited with reference to its cleanliness and sanitary condition, determine the number of patients or students in seclusion or restraint, the diet of the patients or students, and any other matters which it considers material. It shall offer to every patient or student an opportunity for an interview with its visiting members or agents, and shall investigate those cases which in its judgment require special investigation, and particularly shall ascertain whether any individuals are retained at any hospital or training school who ought to be discharged. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7314
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7314. Reciprocal agreements

§ 7314. Reciprocal agreements|The Board may enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state agencies of other states regarding the interstate transportation or transfer of persons with a psychiatric or intellectual disability and arrange with the proper officials in this State for the acceptance, transfer, and support of residents of this State who are temporarily detained or receiving care in public institutions of other states in accordance with the terms of such agreements. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 103.)
18 V.S.A. § 7315
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 175 - The Board of Mental Health|§ 7315. Definition

§ 7315. Definition|As used in this chapter, the term "hospital" shall include a secure residential recovery facility as defined in subsection 7620(e) of this title. (Added 2011, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 17, 2012.)
18 V.S.A. § 7402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 177 - The Commissioner of Mental Health|§ 7402. Records and reports

§ 7402. Records and reports|The Commissioner shall keep records of all commitments and admissions to a hospital and shall secure compliance with the laws relating thereto. The Commissioner shall report biennially to the Governor and the General Assembly on the condition of hospitals, on the physical and medical treatment of patients therein, on the need for community services to former patients and persons with a mental condition or psychiatric disability not hospitalized, and on any other matters the Commissioner deems advisable. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 39; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 104.)
18 V.S.A. § 7404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 177 - The Commissioner of Mental Health|§ 7404. Accounts of receipts and expenditures

§ 7404. Accounts of receipts and expenditures|The Commissioner shall cause to be kept a true and just account of all receipts and expenditures. His or her report shall contain the account together with a tabulated statement of the work done by the State hospital during the preceding two years. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 177 - The Commissioner of Mental Health|§ 7405. Property in trust

§ 7405. Property in trust|The Commissioner may take and hold in trust for the State any grant or devise of land or donation or bequest of money, or other personal property, to be applied to the maintenance of persons who are mentally ill. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 39.)
18 V.S.A. § 7406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 177 - The Commissioner of Mental Health|§ 7406. Contracts

§ 7406. Contracts|The Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, may enter into contracts with the federal government or its agencies for the care, treatment, or observation of those mentally ill entitled to support by the federal government or agency as the Commissioner may deem desirable. The receipts from those contracts shall be paid by the Superintendent to the State Treasurer to be applied to the General Fund. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 39.)
18 V.S.A. § 7407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 177 - The Commissioner of Mental Health|§ 7407. Mental health advisor

§ 7407. Mental health advisor|The Commissioner, upon the request of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall designate an appropriate professional member of the Department to serve as advisor to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles on the mental health aspects of the licensing of motor vehicle operators. (Added 1971, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), eff. Feb. 14, 1972.)
18 V.S.A. § 7408
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 177 - The Commissioner of Mental Health|§ 7408. Electroconvulsive therapy

§ 7408. Electroconvulsive therapy|The Commissioner shall oversee the use of electroconvulsive therapy in Vermont and may adopt rules to govern the practice of electroconvulsive therapy. The Commissioner's duties shall include:  (1) establishment of a uniform informed consent process, forms, and materials; (2) oversight and monitoring of all facilities administering electroconvulsive therapy; and (3) the collection of statistical data on the use of electroconvulsive therapy from all treating facilities. (Added 1999, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 7501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 179 - Admission Procedures|§ 7501. Authority to receive patients

§ 7501. Authority to receive patients|The head of a hospital which has been officially designated by the Commissioner may receive therein for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment any individual whose admission is sought on proper application. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 179 - Admission Procedures|§ 7502. Control and treatment of patients

§ 7502. Control and treatment of patients|A person admitted to a hospital shall be subject to the control and treatment of the head of the hospital and the Board until his or her condition warrants his or her release, or until he or she has been lawfully removed or otherwise discharged. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
18 V.S.A. § 7503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 179 - Admission Procedures|§ 7503. Application for voluntary admission

§ 7503. Application for voluntary admission|(a) Any person 14 years of age or over may apply for voluntary admission to a designated hospital for examination and treatment.(b) Before the person may be admitted as a voluntary patient, the person shall give consent in writing on a form adopted by the Department. The consent shall include a representation that:  (1) the person understands that treatment will involve inpatient status; (2) the person desires to be admitted to the hospital; (3) the person consents to admission voluntarily, without any coercion or duress; and (4) the person understands that inpatient treatment may be on a locked unit, and a requested discharge may be deferred if the treating physician determines that the person is a person in need of treatment pursuant to section 7101 of this title.   (c) If the person is under 14 years of age, he or she may be admitted as a voluntary patient if he or she consents to admission, as provided in subsection (b) of this section, and if a parent or guardian makes written application. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2021, No. 30, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 7504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 179 - Admission Procedures|§ 7504. Application and certificate for emergency examination

§ 7504. Application and certificate for emergency examination|(a) Upon written application by an interested party made under the pains and penalties of perjury and accompanied by a certificate by a licensed physician who is not the applicant, a person shall be held for admission to a hospital for an emergency examination to determine if he or she is a person in need of treatment. The application and certificate shall set forth the facts and circumstances that constitute the need for an emergency examination and that show that the person is a person in need of treatment.(b) The application and certificate shall be authority for transporting the person to a hospital for an emergency examination, as provided in section 7511 of this title.(c) For the purposes of admission of an individual to a designated hospital for care and treatment under this section, a head of a hospital, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, may include a person designated in writing by the head of the hospital to discharge the authority granted in this section. A designated person must be an official hospital administrator, supervisory personnel, or a licensed physician on duty on the hospital premises other than the certifying physician under subsection (a) of this section. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1969, No. 33, § 2, eff. April 1, 1969; 1973, No. 107, § 4; 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 141f; 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.)