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RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-9.1 - Hearing on petition.

§ 40.1-5.3-9.1. Hearing on petition.(a) Upon receipt of the petition and appropriate notice to the attorney general and the person, or his or her counsel, the court having jurisdiction over the case shall hold a hearing at which the parties may introduce evidence bearing on the mental condition of the person. The person who is the subject of the petition may testify, confront witnesses, and present evidence.(b) If the court having jurisdiction over the case finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person has sufficiently recovered his or her mental health, he or she shall, by order of the court having jurisdiction over the case in the court's discretion, be transferred from the facility as provided for in § 40.1-5.3-1 to the place of his or her original confinement, to serve out the remainder of his or her term of sentence.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 279, § 2.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-10 - Expenses of examination.

§ 40.1-5.3-10. Expenses of examination.All the necessary expenses of the examination conducted under § 40.1-5.3-6 shall be paid by the general treasurer, upon the recommendation of the justice who orders the examination.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-11 - Liability for expenses of maintenance - Action for collection of expenses.

§ 40.1-5.3-11. Liability for expenses of maintenance — Action for collection of expenses.The estate of any prisoner transferred pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-7 to the facility provided for in § 40.1-5.3-1 shall be liable for the expense of his or her care and treatment therein. At the request of the fiscal agent of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, the general treasurer, on behalf of the state, shall commence and prosecute to final judgment and execution any necessary and proper action, suit, or proceeding at law or in equity, against the estate of the prisoner for the collection of such expense.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 274, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-12 - Investigation of ability to pay for maintenance.

§ 40.1-5.3-12. Investigation of ability to pay for maintenance.It shall be the duty of the fiscal agent to investigate all cases of prisoners transferred pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-7 to the facility provided for in § 40.1-5.3-1 to ascertain whether there is any estate belonging to the prisoners that may be applied to satisfy the liability established by § 40.1-5.3-11, and any bank or other custodian of the estate belonging to the prisoners shall be required to make discovery thereof upon written demand of the fiscal agent; provided, however, that any information so obtained shall not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, by the fiscal agent to any person except as necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of § 40.1-5.3-11. The fiscal agent shall request that the general treasurer commence and prosecute an action, suit, or proceeding pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-11 whenever he or she determines that an action, suit, or proceeding is appropriate in light of the estate belonging to the prisoner sought to be charged. In determining the appropriateness of an action, suit, or proceeding, the fiscal agent shall consider the effect that execution against the estate would have upon the support and maintenance of those persons, if any, to whom the prisoner sought to be charged is liable for support.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 274, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 137.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-13 - General rights.

§ 40.1-5.3-13. General rights.(a) Every person committed for care and treatment under the provisions of this chapter shall retain certain constitutional and civil rights. The exercise of these rights may be limited only for good cause, and any limitation must be promptly entered into the person's record. These rights include, but are not limited, to the following:(1) To be visited privately by a personal physician, attorney, clergyperson, or the mental health advocate, and by other persons at all reasonable times;(2) To be provided with stationery, writing materials, and postage in reasonable amounts and to have free unrestricted, unopened, and uncensored use of the mail;(3) To wear one's own clothes, keep and use personal possessions, have access to individual storage space for private use, and reasonable access to the telephone to make and receive confidential calls;(4) To seek independent examinations and opinions from a psychiatrist or mental health professional of his or her choice;(5) To receive and read literature;(6) To have access to the mental health advocate upon request;(7) Not to participate in experimentation in the absence of the person's informed, written consent, or if incompetent, upon an order of substituted judgment;(8) To freedom from restraint or seclusion, except during an emergency;(9) To exercise the rights described in this section without reprisal, including reprisal in the form of denial of any appropriate and available treatment or any right or privilege;(10) To have an opportunity for exercise at least one hour each day.(b) For the purposes of this section, "emergency" is defined as an imminent threat of serious bodily harm to the patient or to others. A request for informed consent includes a reasonable explanation of the procedure to be followed, the benefits to be expected, the relative advantages of alternative treatments, the potential discomforts and risks, and the right and opportunity to revoke the consent.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 281, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-14 - Right to treatment - Treatment plan.

§ 40.1-5.3-14. Right to treatment — Treatment plan.Any person who has been committed or transferred to a facility for care and treatment pursuant to this chapter shall have a right to receive the care and treatment that is necessary for and appropriate to the condition for which he or she was committed or transferred and from which he or she can reasonably be expected to benefit. Each person shall have an individualized treatment plan. This plan shall be developed by appropriate mental health professionals, including a psychiatrist. Each plan must be developed within ten (10) days of a person's admission to a facility.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 281, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-15 - Disclosure of confidential information and records.

§ 40.1-5.3-15. Disclosure of confidential information and records.Information or records compiled or obtained for the purposes of a person's health care shall remain confidential and may be disclosed only as required for court proceedings or as provided under the provisions of chapter 5 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 281, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-16 - Disclosure of rights.

§ 40.1-5.3-16. Disclosure of rights.A person committed to a facility pursuant to this chapter shall be informed, in writing, of his or her rights upon admission. Copies of statements describing the rights shall be prominently posted in all facilities in which the persons are detained.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 281, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-17 - Penalties for deprivation of rights - Disciplinary action - Duty to report.

§ 40.1-5.3-17. Penalties for deprivation of rights — Disciplinary action — Duty to report.(a) Any person who willfully withholds from or denies to a person committed to a facility pursuant to this chapter any of his or her rights as herein granted, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years.(b) Any employee of a facility who shall deny to or withhold from any person any right granted him or her by this chapter shall, independently of the above criminal sanctions, be subject to such disciplinary action as the officer in charge shall see fit to impose, after notice, a hearing, and a finding of a violation of the right.(c) Any employee who has reasonable cause to believe that an assault or a battery has been committed upon a committed person shall make an immediate report, including the identity of parties and witnesses and details of the incident, to the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals or his or her designee. The director of the department shall cause the report to be investigated immediately and further shall notify the mental health advocate and appropriate law enforcement agencies of the results of the investigation. Any person who fails to make such a report shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 5; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 5.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-18 - Applicability.

§ 40.1-5.3-18. Applicability.The rights and protections contained in §§ 40.1-5.3-13, 40.1-5.3-15, 40.1-5.3-16, and 40.1-5.3-17 shall apply to all persons admitted, committed, or transferred to a facility pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 281, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-1 - Mental health services.

§ 40.1-5.4-1. Mental health services.The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall be required to plan, develop, coordinate, and administer a complete, comprehensive, and integrated statewide system of mental health services. The department shall take cognizance of all matters affecting the mental health of the residents of the state, including those in the general population who require periodic, short-term therapeutic services as well as those with serious mental illness. Notwithstanding that, the department's highest priorities shall be to provide services to residents with serious mental illness; early and ongoing treatment and support for individuals with serious mental illness; and research into the cause and treatment of serious mental illness.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-2 - Division of mental health.

§ 40.1-5.4-2. Division of mental health.Within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, a division of integrated mental health services shall be established to carry out the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-3 - Control and maintenance of state-operated facilities.

§ 40.1-5.4-3. Control and maintenance of state-operated facilities.The maintenance, management, and control of state-operated facilities for persons with serious mental illness shall be the responsibility of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-5 - Purposes.

§ 40.1-5.4-5. Purposes.The purposes of this chapter are as follows:(1) To advance the public interest, to promote, safeguard and protect the human dignity, constitutional and statutory rights and liberties, social well-being and general welfare of all residents with serious mental illness of the state;(2) To provide or to secure certain social, protective, supportive, rehabilitative, emergency, and other types of appropriate services for adults with serious mental illness;(3) To establish, maintain and coordinate a comprehensive, effective, and efficient system of services for persons with serious mental illness;(4) To promote the coordination of all available services, both general and specialized, for adults with serious mental illness, under public and private auspices; and(5) To ensure that adults with serious mental illness who receive services from agencies or facilities licensed by the department pursuant to § 40.1-24-1 et seq., receive psychiatric, social, rehabilitative, housing assistance, and case-management services as prescribed in an individualized treatment plan, developed with the participation of the adult with serious mental illness, and when possible, his or her family or guardian or interested friend.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-6 - Declaration of policy.

§ 40.1-5.4-6. Declaration of policy.It is the policy of this state to provide persons with serious mental illness adequate and humane care, that, to the extent possible, while meeting the purposes of rehabilitation and treatment, is:(1) Within each person's own community, recognizing that some services are appropriately provided in facilities that provide services to the entire state;(2) Least restrictive of the person's freedom of movement and ability to function normally in society while being appropriate to the person's individual capacity and needs;(3) Directed toward eliminating the need for services and promoting the person's independence.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-8 - Admission to mental health services.

§ 40.1-5.4-8. Admission to mental health services.Persons with serious mental health illness shall be admitted for mental health services under the provisions of this chapter in accordance with the following procedures:(1) Any person seeking services from the publicly administered integrated state mental health service system may apply to an approved community mental health program. A parent, guardian, relative, or interested friend of the person may request services from an approved community mental health program.(2) After the initial diagnosis and evaluation is completed:(i) A determination will be made regarding whether the person has a serious mental illness, and if so, what level of services is initially indicated;(ii) An individualized treatment plan for each person shall be established that shall include services that are necessary and appropriate to the person's condition of serious mental illness;(iii) Every effort shall be made to involve the person with serious mental illness, his or her guardian, parent, relative, or interested friend in the creation of the individualized treatment plan; and(iv) Each person and his or her guardian shall, upon request, be offered a written copy of an approved individualized treatment plan developed for the person.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-9 - Authority to lease.

§ 40.1-5.4-9. Authority to lease.Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-11-2, the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals may make available, on terms and conditions and for the period it deems proper, facilities under its jurisdiction, or space therein, to affiliating nonprofit agencies, provided that the premises are utilized for direct or supportive services to persons who are mentally ill and their families, and/or for education and training of any discipline concerned with the problems of serious mental illness and/or research directed to the problems of serious mental illness.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 107; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 107.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-10 - Appropriations.

§ 40.1-5.4-10. Appropriations.The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it deems necessary to enable the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to provide or secure services for adults with serious mental illness; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or sums or so much thereof as may be required, from time to time, upon the receipt by him or her of vouchers properly authenticated.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-11 - Rules and regulations.

§ 40.1-5.4-11. Rules and regulations.The director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, after consultation with agencies and individuals knowledgeable about and concerned with persons with serious mental illness, shall make and promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to services for persons with serious mental illness as specified in this chapter when the services are provided in whole or in part by the use of state and/or federal funds earmarked for persons with serious mental illness.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.4-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health|Section 40.1-5.4-12 - Other obligations.

§ 40.1-5.4-12. Other obligations.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any agency, state or local, from its obligations to provide services to individuals with serious mental illness.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-6-1 - 40.1-6-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-6 - Governor's Council on Mental Health|Section 40.1-6-1 - 40.1-6-6 - [Repealed.]

§ 40.1-6-1 — 40.1-6-6. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 40.1-7-1 - 40.1-7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-7 - Services for Emotionally Disturbed Children|Section 40.1-7-1 - 40.1-7-9 - [Repealed.]

§ 40.1-7-1 — 40.1-7-9. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 40.1-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-8 - Governor's Committee on Mental Retardation|Section 40.1-8-1 - Creation - Members.

§ 40.1-8-1. Creation — Members.(a) There is hereby created a fourteen (14) member permanent committee to be known as the "Governor's Committee on Mental Retardation," hereinafter referred to as "the committee":(1) Six (6) of whom shall be representatives of non-governmental organizations or groups concerned with education, employment, rehabilitation, welfare, and health, to be appointed by the governor;(2) Six (6) of whom shall be representatives of consumers who are mentally retarded, of this group, three (3) of whom shall be selected from a list of nominees submitted by the RI ARC, to be appointed by the governor;(3) One of whom shall be from the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker;(4) And one of whom shall be from the senate to be appointed by the president of the senate.(b) The assistant director for developmental disabilities within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall serve as an ex officio member but shall not be eligible to vote.(c) No employee of any state agency or institution engaged in the care or training of persons who are mentally retarded shall be eligible for appointment to the committee.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 108; P.L. 1999, ch. 105, § 8; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 108; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 90; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 29.
RI Gen L § 40.1-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-8 - Governor's Committee on Mental Retardation|Section 40.1-8-2 - Terms of appointment.

§ 40.1-8-2. Terms of appointment.(a) Of the nonlegislative members appointed originally under this chapter, one-third (⅓) shall be appointed for a term of one year; one-third (⅓) shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years; and one-third (⅓) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. The two (2) legislative members shall serve for the length of their current elected term in office and reappointment or replacement shall be for like terms. Thereafter, vacancies created by the expiration of terms shall be filled with appointments for terms of three (3) years. Members whose terms expire may be reappointed to succeed themselves.(b) Vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which appointed shall be filled by appointment in like manner for the remainder of the term.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 368, § 1.