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MO Rev Stat § 630.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.095 - Copyrights and trademarks by department.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   630.095. Copyrights and trademarks by department. — The department may copyright or obtain a trademark for any instructional, training and informational audio-visual materials, manuals and documents which are prepared by department personnel or by persons who receive department funding to prepare such material. If the material is sold directly or for distribution, the department shall pay the proceeds of the sales to the director of revenue for deposit to the general revenue fund, except for proceeds received under subsection 5 of section 630.053. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 557 merged with H.B. 648)
MO Rev Stat § 630.108 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.108 - Interaction between physical and mental health, guidelines for screening and assessment of persons receiving services — rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   630.108. Interaction between physical and mental health, guidelines for screening and assessment of persons receiving services — rulemaking authority. — 1. The department of mental health shall develop guidelines for the screening and assessment of persons receiving services from the department that address the interaction between physical and mental health to ensure that all potential causes of changes in behavior or mental status caused by or associated with a medical condition are assessed.  2. The provisions of this section shall only apply to state-owned or -operated facilities and not to long-term care facilities licensed under chapter 198, hospitals licensed under chapter 197, or hospitals as defined in section 197.020.  3. The department of mental health shall promulgate rules to administer this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2014 S.B. 716 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 630.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.110 - Patient's rights — limitations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   630.110. Patient's rights — limitations. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 5 of this section, each person admitted to a residential facility or day program and each person admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis to any mental health facility or mental health program where people are civilly detained pursuant to chapter 632, except to the extent that the head of the residential facility or day program determines that it is inconsistent with the person's therapeutic care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation and the safety of other facility or program clients and public safety, shall be entitled to the following:  (1) To wear his own clothes and to keep and use his own personal possessions;  (2) To keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of his own money for canteen expenses and small purchases;  (3) To communicate by sealed mail or otherwise with persons including agencies inside or outside the facility;  (4) To receive visitors of his own choosing at reasonable times;  (5) To have reasonable access to a telephone both to make and receive confidential calls;  (6) To have access to his mental and medical records;  (7) To have opportunities for physical exercise and outdoor recreation;  (8) To have reasonable, prompt access to current newspapers, magazines and radio and television programming.  2. Any limitations imposed by the head of the residential facility or day program or his designee on the exercise of the rights enumerated in subsection 1 of this section by a patient, resident or client and the reasons for such limitations shall be documented in his clinical record.  3. Each patient, resident or client shall have an absolute right to receive visits from his attorney, physician or clergyman, in private, at reasonable times.  4. Notwithstanding any limitations authorized under this section on the right of communication, every patient, resident or client shall be entitled to communicate by sealed mail with the department, his legal counsel and with the court, if any, which has jurisdiction over the person.  5. Persons committed to a residential facility or day program operated, funded or licensed by the department pursuant to section 552.040, persons detained at a county jail or at a secure facility under section 632.484 or 632.489, or persons committed to a secure facility under section 632.495, shall not be entitled to the rights enumerated in subdivisions (1), (3) and (5) of subsection 1 of this section unless the head of the residential facility or day program determines that these rights are necessary for the person's therapeutic care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation. In exercising the discretion to grant any of the rights enumerated in subsection 1 of this section to a patient, resident or client, the head of the residential facility or day program shall consider the safety of the public. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841, A.L. 2009 H.B. 826 merged with S.B. 435)
MO Rev Stat § 630.115 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.115 - Patient's entitlements — administrative review of violations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   630.115. Patient's entitlements — administrative review of violations. — 1. Each patient, resident or client shall be entitled to the following without limitation:  (1) To humane care and treatment;  (2) To the extent that the facilities, equipment and personnel are available, to medical care and treatment in accordance with the highest standards accepted in medical practice;  (3) To safe and sanitary housing;  (4) To not participate in nontherapeutic labor;  (5) To attend or not attend religious services;  (6) To receive prompt evaluation and care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation about which he is informed insofar as he is capable of understanding;  (7) To be treated with dignity as a human being;  (8) To not be the subject of experimental research without his prior written and informed consent or that of his parent, if a minor, or his guardian; except that no involuntary patient shall be subject to experimental research, except as provided within this chapter;  (9) To decide not to participate or may withdraw from any research at any time for any reason*;  (10) To have access to consultation with a private physician at his own expense;  (11) To be evaluated, treated or habilitated in the least restrictive environment;  (12) To not be subjected to any hazardous treatment or surgical procedure unless he, his parent, if he is a minor, or his guardian consents; or unless such treatment or surgical procedure is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction;  (13) In the case of hazardous treatment or irreversible surgical procedures, to have, upon request, an impartial review prior to implementation, except in case of emergency procedures required for the preservation of his life;  (14) To a nourishing, well-balanced and varied diet;  (15) To be free from verbal and physical abuse.  2. Notwithstanding any other sections of this chapter, each patient, resident or client shall have the right to an impartial administrative review of alleged violations of the rights assured under this chapter. The impartial administration review process shall be a mechanism for:  (1) Reporting alleged violations of rights assured under this chapter;  (2) Investigating alleged violations of these rights;  (3) Presenting patient, resident or client grievances on the record to a neutral decision maker; and  (4) Requiring that the neutral decision maker issue findings of fact, conclusions and recommendations.  3. The impartial administrative review process shall be completed within a timely manner after the alleged violation is reported.  4. This impartial review process shall not apply to investigations of alleged patient, resident or client abuse or neglect conducted pursuant to section 630.167. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)  *Word "season" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 630.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.120 - No presumptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   630.120. No presumptions. — No patient or resident, either voluntary or involuntary, shall be presumed to be incompetent, to forfeit any legal right, responsibility or obligation or to suffer any legal disability as a citizen, unless otherwise prescribed by law, as a consequence of receiving evaluation, care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation for a mental disorder, mental illness, intellectual disability, developmental disability, alcohol problem or drug problem. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
MO Rev Stat § 630.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.125 - Explanation of rights and entitlements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   630.125. Explanation of rights and entitlements. — 1. At the time of admission, either on a voluntary or involuntary basis, a mental health facility or mental health program in which people may be civilly detained pursuant to chapter 632, or a residential facility or day program operated, funded or licensed by the department shall give each patient, resident or client written information which sets forth, in lay language, the following:  (1) A description of the facility, its services and its costs;  (2) Information as to how to seek conditional release or discharge;  (3) A statement of rights assured by this chapter or the department in its rules and regulations;  (4) A description of a patient grievance procedure.  2. Unless the patient, resident or client can read the information with understanding, the facility personnel shall explain it to him.  3. The facility or program shall prominently post a list of patient or residential rights in residential and activity areas. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1565, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)
MO Rev Stat § 630.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.130 - Electroconvulsive therapy, procedure — prohibitions — attorney's fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   630.130. Electroconvulsive therapy, procedure — prohibitions — attorney's fees. — 1. Every patient, whether voluntary or involuntary, in a public or private mental health facility shall have the right to refuse electroconvulsive therapy.  2. Before electroconvulsive therapy may be administered voluntarily to a patient, the patient shall be informed, both orally and in writing, of the risks of the therapy and shall give his express written voluntary consent to receiving the therapy.  3. Involuntary electroconvulsive therapy may be administered under a court order after a full evidentiary hearing where the patient refusing such treatment is represented by counsel who shall advocate his or her position. The therapy may be administered on an involuntary basis only if it is shown, by clear and convincing evidence, that the therapy is necessary under the following criteria:  (1) There is a strong likelihood that the therapy will significantly improve or cure the patient's mental disorder for a substantial period of time without causing him any serious functional harm; and  (2) There is no less drastic alternative form of therapy which could lead to substantial improvement in the patient's condition. ­­At the conclusion of such hearing, if the petitioner has sustained his burden of proof, the court may order up to a specified number of involuntary electroconvulsive therapy treatments to be performed over a specified period of time.  4. Parents of minor patients or legal guardians of incompetent patients shall be required to obtain court orders authorizing electroconvulsive therapy under the procedures specified in subsection 3 of this section.  5. Persons who are diagnosed solely as intellectually disabled shall not be subject to electroconvulsive therapy.  6. If the judge finds that the respondent is unable to pay attorney's fees for the services rendered in the proceedings the judge shall allow a reasonable attorney's fee for the services, which fee shall be assessed as costs and paid together with all the costs in the proceeding by the state, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the state court administrator, from funds appropriated to the office of administration for such purposes provided that no attorney's fees shall be allowed for services rendered by any attorney who is a salaried employee of a public agency or a private agency which receives public funds. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1064)  (2006) Section allows a healthcare provider who has a duty of care to act in the patient's best interest, even if the patient has refused treatment, if the patient is in need of the therapy. In re Dunn, 181 S.W.3d 601 (Mo.App.E.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 630.133 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.133 - Psychosurgery, consent required — not to be performed by department.

Effective - 28 Aug 1980   630.133. Psychosurgery, consent required — not to be performed by department. — 1. Psychosurgery shall not be performed involuntarily on any patient or resident. A competent patient or resident shall be informed, both orally and in writing, of the risks of the therapy and shall give his express written voluntary consent before the surgery is performed. Parents of minor patients or residents or legal guardians of incompetent patients or residents shall be required to obtain court orders authorizing such surgery under the procedures and criteria specified in subsection 3 of section 630.130.  2. Psychosurgery shall not be performed by the department in any of its facilities. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724)
MO Rev Stat § 630.135 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.135 - Rules regarding patient's rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 1980   630.135. Rules regarding patient's rights. — The department shall promulgate reasonable rules relative to the implementation of patient, resident and client rights described in this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724)
MO Rev Stat § 630.145 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.145 - Department to release information to next of kin and persons responsible for costs, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1981   630.145. Department to release information to next of kin and persons responsible for costs, when. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 630.140, a residential facility or day program operated, funded or licensed by the department may release to a patient's or resident's next of kin, attorney, guardian or conservator, if any, the information that the person is presently a patient, resident or client in the facility or program, or that the person is seriously physically ill, and shall notify a voluntary patient's or resident's next of kin, attorney, guardian, or conservator or any other person who may be responsible for the costs incurred by such patient or resident, of the admittance of such patient or resident.  2. Upon the death of a patient or resident, the facility shall notify his next of kin, guardian or conservator, if any, about the death and its cause.  3. Next of kin shall be notified under this section in the following order unless otherwise indicated by the patient or resident:  (1) Spouse;  (2) Parents;  (3) Children;  (4) Brothers and sisters;  (5) Other relatives according to the degree of relation.  4. The patient or resident may indicate additional persons whom he wants notified in the event of his death or serious injury or incapacity. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1981 H.B. 336)
MO Rev Stat § 630.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.150 - Disclosure of absence to be made, when, to whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   630.150. Disclosure of absence to be made, when, to whom. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, when a patient, resident or client is absent due to his unauthorized disappearance from a residential facility or day program, or his whereabouts are unknown and disclosure is necessary for the protection of the patient, resident or others, and the provisions of section 630.140 would otherwise be applicable, notice of the disappearance, along with relevant information, may be made to relatives, governmental law enforcement agencies and other persons if necessary for the protection of the patient, resident or other parties, as designated by the head of the facility or program or physician in charge of the patient, resident or client.  2. If the patient, resident or client was committed to the custody of the department of mental health pursuant to chapter 552, and that patient, resident or client is absent due to an unauthorized disappearance from a residential facility or day program, or such person's whereabouts are unknown, the head of the mental health facility or a designee shall immediately give notice of the disappearance, along with relevant information, to the prosecutor and sheriff of the county wherein the committed person is detained, the prosecutor and sheriff of the county wherein the committed person was tried and acquitted, all known surviving victims as defined in chapter 595, any other agencies or persons designated by the head of the facility as necessary for the protection of the patient, resident or other parties. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)
MO Rev Stat § 630.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.155 - Mistreatment of patient — defined — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   630.155. Mistreatment of patient — defined — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of patient, resident or client abuse or neglect against any person admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis to any mental health facility or mental health program in which people may be civilly detained pursuant to chapter 632, or any patient, resident or client of any residential facility, day program or specialized service operated, funded or licensed by the department if he knowingly does any of the following:  (1) Beats, strikes or injures any person, patient, resident or client;  (2) Mistreats or maltreats, handles or treats any such person, patient, resident or client in a brutal or inhuman manner;  (3) Uses any more force than is reasonably necessary for the proper control, treatment or management of such person, patient, resident or client;  (4) Fails to provide services which are reasonable and necessary to maintain the physical and mental health of any person, patient, resident or client when such failure presents either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of the person, patient, resident or client, or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm will result.  2. Patient, resident or client abuse or neglect is a class A misdemeanor unless committed under subdivision (2) or (4) of subsection 1 of this section in which case such abuse or neglect shall be a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 630.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.160 - Furnishing unfit food — defined — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   630.160. Furnishing unfit food — defined — penalty. — 1. A person commits the crime of "furnishing unfit food to patients, residents or clients" if he does any of the following:  (1) Knowingly furnishes or delivers any diseased, putrid or otherwise unwholesome meat from any animal or fowl that was diseased or otherwise unfit for food to any person admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis to any mental health facility or mental health program in which people may be civilly detained pursuant to chapter 632, or to any residential facility or day program operated, funded or licensed by the department;  (2) Knowingly furnishes or delivers any other unwholesome food, vegetables or provisions whatsoever to such facilities or programs to be used as food by the patients, residents, clients or employees thereof;  (3) Knowingly receives or consents to receive as an employee of such facility or program any diseased or unwholesome meat, food or provisions.  2. Furnishing unfit food to patients, residents or clients is a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)
MO Rev Stat § 630.161 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XL - Additional Executive Departments|Chapter 630 - Department of Mental Health|Section 630.161 - Investigation of reports of vulnerable person abuse, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017   630.161. Investigation of reports of vulnerable person abuse, when. — The department of mental health shall investigate incidents and reports of vulnerable person abuse using the procedures established in sections 630.163 to 630.167 and, upon substantiation of the report of vulnerable person abuse, shall promptly report the incident to the appropriate law enforcement agency and prosecutor. If the department is unable to substantiate whether abuse occurred due to the failure of the operator or any of the operator's agents or employees to cooperate with the investigation, the incident shall be promptly reported to appropriate law enforcement agencies. ­­-------- (L. 2007 S.B. 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Transferred 2014; formerly 565.216; Effective 1-01-17